Obama's fractured legacy : the politics and policies of an embattled presidency /: the politics and policies of an embattled presidency. ([2020])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Obama's fractured legacy : the politics and policies of an embattled presidency /: the politics and policies of an embattled presidency. ([2020])
- Main Title:
- Obama's fractured legacy : the politics and policies of an embattled presidency
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by François Vergniolle de Chantal.
- Editors:
- Vergniolle de Chantal, François
- Contents:
- Intro -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Obama and the exhaustion of progressive presidentialism -- Part 1: INSTITUTIONS -- 1. Barack Obama and the promise of transformative leadership -- 2. Obama and the administrative presidency: Finding new meanings in old laws -- 3. Congressional gridlock reconsidered: The emergence of a "conducive coalition"? -- 4. Federalism: Barack Obama's accidental devolution revolution -- Part 2: POLICIES -- 5. "Our immigration system is broken": Barack Obama and the challenge of comprehensive immigration reform 6. War and peace in cyberspace: Obama's multifaceted legacy -- 7. A decent-sized foundation: Obama's urban policy -- 8. From Clinton to Obama to Trump: The politics and political economy of health insurance reform -- Part 3: MOVEMENT POLITICS -- 9. Criticize and thrive: The American left in the Obama years -- 10. "Stop killing us": Mobilizing against structural racism in the United States from Black Lives Matter to the Movement for Black Lives -- 11. The Obama administration's labor and employment legacy 12. Why wasn't there a twenty-first-century "new" New Deal? Historical perspectives for the hope for and reality of Obama's presidency -- 13. Coda -- Obama's fractured legacy -- Bibliography -- Index
- Publisher Details:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 973.932
Politics and government
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
United States
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781474454957
- Related ISBNs:
- 147445495X
9781474454933
1474454933
9781474454940
1474454941 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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