The Obama presidency : a preliminary assessment / edited by Robert P. Watson ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, Robert P., 1962-

Series:

SUNY series on the presidency.

SUNY series on the presidency : contemporary issues.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack.

United States--Politics and government--2009-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Barack Obama's presidency is a pivotal one in American history, coming at a time of dramatic political change in the United States and amidst an astonishing array of domestic and foreign policy challenges. Not surprisingly, then, the Obama administration has been the focus of intense scrutiny by scholars, the press, and the public, and rarely has the tone of political discourse been more polarized and emotionally charged. In this book a distinguished group of scholars offers an objective and timely examination of the Obama administration; Obama's character, leadership style, and rhetoric; and his domestic, foreign, and national security policies. Engaging, lively, and highly readable, each essay offers important insight into this historic president and presidency.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Rating presidents and assessing Obama / Robert P. Watson

Rhetoric and image / Casey Malone Maugh

Obama's Lincoln: image to ideology / William D. Pederson

The optimist and the realist / R. Ward Holder

Obamania in Europe / Marie des Neiges Léonard

The first hundred days / Sean Savage

Relations with Congress / Max J. Skidmore

The firing of General Stanley McChrystal / Douglas M. Brattebo

The 2010 midterm election / Matthew N. Green

The u.s. auto industry rescue / Steven A. Stuglin

Environmental policy and global climate change / Byron W. Daynes & Glen Sussman

Food and agricultural policy / Julie A. Lester

Health care reform / Michael K. Gusmano

Response to the Gulf oil spill / Matthew A. Williams & Brian Richard

Inherited wars: Afghanistan and Iraq / Tom Lansford & Jack Covarrubias

Iran policy / Robert J. Pauly

China policy / De-Yuan Kao

Counterterrorism policy / Leonard Cutler

Obama, Libya, and war powers / Louis Fisher

The policy czar debate / Justin S. Vaughn & José D. Villalobos

The use of unilateral directives / Graham G. Dodds

Vice president Joe Biden / Richard M. Yon

First Lady Michelle Obama / Robert P. Watson

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781461911241

1461911249

9781438443300

1438443307

OCLC:

810933375