The Obama Presidency

Appraisals and Prospects
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60871-685-2
Verlag: CQ Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 536 g

In the latest volume in this classic series, Rockman, Rudalevige, and Campbell once again bring together top-notch scholars, this time to take a comprehensive look at the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency. Assessing Obama’s political strategy, as well as his administration’s successes and setbacks, chapter authors critically examine a presidency marked by continued partisanship, major policy battles, and continued global turmoil.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rockman, Bert A.

Rudalevige, Andrew

Campbell, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Current Affairs
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Overview - Bert A. Rockman and Andrew Rudalevige
"Change We Can Believe In" Meets Reality - Joel D. Aberbach
Strategic Assessments: Evaluating Opportunities and Strategies in the Obama Presidency - George C. Edwards III
Political Forces on the Obama Presidency: From Election '08 to Governing - James E. Campbell
Public Opinion and the Presidency: The Obama and Anti-Obama Coalitions - Gary C. Jacobson
Obama and the Public Presidency: What Got You Here Won't Get You There - Diane J. Heith
The Privileges of Access: Interest Groups and the White House - Lawrence R. Jacobs
Rivals, or a Team? Staff and IIssue Management in the Obama Administration - Andrew Rudalevige
Obama and the 111th Congress: Doing Big Things - Barbara Sinclair
Obama and the Law: Judicial Restraint at the Crossroads - David A. Yalof
Ambition, Necessity, and Polarization in the Obama Domestic Agenda - Christopher H. Foreman, Jr.
Continuity and Change in Obama's Foreign Policy - Robert Singh
Economic Crisis and Political Change: A New New Deal? - M. Stephen Weatherford
Concluding Thoughts: President, Person, and System - Bert A. Rockman, Colin Campbell and Eric N. Waltenburg

Über Autor(innen)

Campbell, Colin
Colin Campbell is Canada Research Chair in U.S. Government and Politics at the University of British Columbia. Previously, he was university professor of public policy at Georgetown University. He has published nine books, three of which have won awards.

Rudalevige, Andrew
Andrew Rudalevige is the Thomas Brackett Reed professor of government at Bowdoin

College and former chair of the American Political Science Association’s Presidents

and Executive Politics section; in 2023-2024 he is a visiting professor at the London

School of Economics. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and won the Richard

E. Neustadt Prize from the American Political Science Association for best book on the

U.S. presidency in 2003 and 2022, as well as the 2022 Louis Brownlow Prize from the

National Academy of Public Administration. His books include By Executive Order,

Managing the President’s Program, The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential

Power after Watergate, and, as coeditor, a volume on the Office of Management and

Budget and a series assessing recent presidencies. Prior to his academic career, he

worked in state and local politics in Massachusetts.

Rockman, Bert A.
Bert A. Rockman is currently professor of political science and department head at Purdue University. His books include The Leadership Question, which was awarded the Richard E. Neustadt Prize. He also has been a recipient Herbert A. Simon Award.