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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452786503321

Titolo

The Obama presidency [[electronic resource] ] : promise and performance / / edited by William Crotty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-77896-2

9786613689351

0-7391-7235-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrottyWilliam J

Disciplina

973.932092

Soggetti

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Representation and counter-representation in the Obama presidency / William Crotty -- Obama by the numbers : a comparison with previous presidencies / Bruce E. Caswell -- Obama's health reform : the managerial president and the political storm / James A. Morone -- Environmental policy : the success and failure of the Obama presidency / John C. Berg -- Shifting global paradigms and Obama's adaptive foreign policy / Lawrence C. Reardon -- African-American perspectives of the Obama presidency / Shayla C. Nunnally -- Minority party strategies and political successes in opposition to the Obama policy agenda / R. Lawrence Butler -- Coalitional divisions and realignment dynamics in the Obama era / Arthur C. Paulson -- Recalibrating the Obama presidency : the off-year elections and their consequences / Maureen F. Moakley -- Principles and pragmatism in the Obama presidency / William Crotty.

Sommario/riassunto

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 itself.