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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.932092
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 2009-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CrottyWilliam J
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Obama presidency
• ISBN: 1-280-77896-2; 9786613689351; 0-7391-7235-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452786503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II