The Obama Presidency : Promise and Performance.
A comprehensive analysis of the Obama presidency, its actions in office and its policy directions. The changes in orientation and policy directions that took place are both accounted for and explained in a policy and political context as are their consequences for the institution of the presidency i...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- THe OBama PreSIDencY; Contents; Preface; 1 Representation and Counter-Representation in the Obama Presidency; 2 Obama by the Numbers: A Comparison with Previous Presidencies; 3 Obama's Health Reform: The Managerial President and the Political Storm; 4 Environmental Policy: The Success and Failure of the Obama Presidency; 5 Shifting Global Paradigms and Obama's Adaptive Foreign Policy; 6 African-American Perspectives of the Obama Presidency; 7 Minority Party Strategies and Political Successes in Opposition to the Obama Policy Agenda.
- 8 Coalitional Divisions and Realignment Dynamics in the Obama Era9 Recalibrating the Obama Presidency: The Off-Year Electionsand Their Consequences; 10 Principles and Pragmatism in the Obama Presidency; About the Contributors.