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Record Nr.

UNINA9910477331303321

Autore

Harrington Clodagh

Titolo

Obama v. Trump : the politics of rollback / / Clodagh Harrington and Alex Waddan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-4744-9113-8

1-4744-4702-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 pages)

Collana

New perspectives on the American presidency

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Classificazione

MG 70086

Disciplina

973.933092

Soggetti

Political science

United States Politics and government 2017-2021

United States Politics and government 2009-2017

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2020.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Presidential legacy in the era of Obama and Trump -- 2. A “hard” legacy, under pressure -- 3. An uncertain “soft” legacy, under fire -- 4. America and the world -- 5. Exercising presidential power -- 6. Public communication and vision -- 7. Conclusion: From “Renegade” to “Mogul” -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text determines what can legitimately be regarded as the legacy of the Obama presidency and investigates how far the Trump administration has reversed it.