UID:
almafu_9961652656202883
Format:
1 online resource (VII, 288 p.)
ISBN:
9783111384108
Series Statement:
De Gruyter Series in Presidential Politics, Leadership, and Policy Making , 1
Content:
In 2007 and 2008, Barack Obama ran for president with a message of a shared purpose uniting all Americans, and was elected with expectations that he would usher in a new national culture under an approach grounded in public engagement that would transcend partisan divisions. But in an institutional system designed for incremental and contested policy-making governance, enacting these transformational ambitions proved to be far more difficult than anticipated. This innovative volume assesses the legacy of President Obama, with a conceptual focus on the challenge of meeting his goals with the realities of governing. A diverse group of political science, history, and communication studies experts systematically examines Obama’s performance, accomplishments, and shortcomings through the lens of the expectations gap – the tensions and obstacles of translating campaign promises into policies. The wide, representative set of case studies address campaigning and coalition building, party polarization, presidential communication, executive power, leadership and decision-making, and domestic and foreign policy. With original and deep analysis, these scholars make a unique, enduring contribution to understanding the Obama presidency, the office of the president, and indeed American politics. This insightful, accessible book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the presidency, political communication & rhetoric, and broadly across US government and democracy.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of Figures --
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Chapter 1 Introduction: Evaluating the Obama Presidency --
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Part I: Winning Elections and Building Political Coalitions --
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Chapter 2 The Transformation of Presidential Fundraising During the Obama Years --
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Chapter 3 The Obama Coalition’s Kryptonite: Ralph Stanley, Bruce Springsteen, and the White Working Class --
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Part II: Planning, Governance, and Policy Making --
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Chapter 4 Why Health Care Came First, and Other Observations on Barack Obama’s Early Domestic Policy Agenda --
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Chapter 5 A Green Presidency? Barack Obama and the Environment --
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Chapter 6 Obama’s Domestic Policy Making and the Administrative Presidency --
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Chapter 7 Developing a Bench: President Obama’s Judicial Appointment Legacy --
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Chapter 8 Women and the Obama Administration: Gender Policy at Home and Abroad --
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Chapter 9 The US and Russia during the Obama Administration: An Inevitable Return of Great Power Politics? --
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Chapter 10 The Obama Legacy on Nuclear Weapons: Transformative Vision, Pragmatic Results --
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Chapter 11 Why Ask? Presidential Leverage and Obama’s Decision to Seek Congressional Authorization for the Use of Force against Syria --
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Part III: Communication, Executive Power, and Leadership --
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Chapter 12 Obama, the Pen, and the Phone: Promises to Policies --
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Chapter 13 The Genius of America and the Model Immigrant: Barack Obama’s Rhetorical Characterization of DACA Recipients --
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Chapter 14 Race, Representation, and Reaction in the Obama Presidency --
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Chapter 15 Obama’s Presidency: Redemption and the Misdirected Search for Presidential Greatness --
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Contributors --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111384252
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111384542
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783111384108
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111384108
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111384108
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