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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460730103321

Titolo

Obama in office / / edited by James A. Thurber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-63321-3

1-317-25535-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 An Introduction to an Assessment of the Obama Presidency; PART I FROM CAMPAIGNING TO GOVERNING; Chapter 2 Obama and the Polarized Public; Chapter 3 Obama and the Public Mood; Chapter 4 Obama's Personality and Performance; Chapter 5 Organizing the Obama White House; PART II ON THE HILL AND OFF; Chapter 6 Congressional Leadership in Obama's First Two Years; Chapter 7 A "Post-Partisan" President in a Partisan Context; Chapter 8 Obama's Battle with Lobbyists

PART III OBAMA AND THE MEDIAChapter 9 Fall of the Favorite; Chapter 10 Communication Is Destiny; PART IV OBAMA AND DOMESTIC POLICY; Chapter 11 From Ambition to Desperation on the Budget; Chapter 12 The Politics of Regulation in the Obama Administration; Chapter 13 The Obama Administration and Internet Policy; PART V OBAMA AND FOREIGN POLICY; Chapter 14 Structural Challenges for American Foreign Policy in the Obama Administration; Chapter 15 The Obama Administration and Counterterrorism; Chapter 16 Obama's Use of Prerogative Powers in the War on Terrorism

Chapter 17 Reclaiming and Rebuilding American PowerReferences; Index; About the Contributors