Obama in Office: The First Two Years

ISBN-13: 9781594519932 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 328 str.

James A Thurber

Opis

Barack Obama entered office on a wave of popular expectation; will he exit at the hands of a Tea Party inspired populist tsunami or return for four more years? Obama in Office brings together well-established political scientists and journalists to offer the first detailed assessment of President Obama and his first two years in office. This book covers the range of policy tests which the administration has faced during this period, including the recession and its jobless recovery, health care reform, financial regulation, the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ongoing war in Afghanistan. Looking beyond the midterms, Obama in Office considers the results of 2010, the impact of the Tea Party, and the prospects for 2012.

Spis treści

1: An Introduction to an Assessment of the Obama Presidency; 1: From Campaigning to Governing; 2: Obama and the Polarized Public; 3: Obama and the Public Mood; 4: Obama's Personality and Performance; 5: Organizing the Obama White House; 2: On the Hill and Off; 6: Congressional Leadership in Obama's First Two Years; 7: A “Post-Partisan” President in a Partisan Context; 8: Obama's Battle with Lobbyists; 3: Obama and the Media; 9: Fall of the Favorite; 10: Communication Is Destiny; 4: Obama and Domestic Policy; 11: From Ambition to Desperation on the Budget; 12: The Politics of Regulation in the Obama Administration; 13: The Obama Administration and Internet Policy; 5: Obama and Foreign Policy; 14: Structural Challenges for American Foreign Policy in the Obama Administration; 15: The Obama Administration and Counterterrorism; 16: Obama's Use of Prerogative Powers in the War on Terrorism; 17: Reclaiming and Rebuilding American Power

O autorze

James A. Thurber