Obama's fractured legacy : the politics and policies of an embattled presidency / edited by François Vergniolle de.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vergniolle de Chantal, François, Author.

Contributor:

Vergniolle de Chantal, François, editor.

Series:

New perspectives on the American presidency.

New perspectives on the American presidency

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.

United States.

Obama, Barack.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]

Summary:

12 newly commissioned chapters critically assess the legacy of Obama’s presidency in Trump’s AmericaDesigned at the end of Obama's second term (unlike most books published on the Obama presidency), thus drawing on a complete range of insights on the former president's time in the officeFeatures leading experts on the American presidency and on major issues in the US today, covering both European and American perspectives on the topicTackles both institutional and political dynamicsRests on a dialogue across politics and history that allows for deep assessment of the achievements of Obama's presidency while simultaneously placing the successes and failures in historical perspectiveContributors include Steven Skowronek, Andrew Rudalevige and Sidney MilkisFeaturing a range of experts on the American presidency, this book offers both European and American perspectives on both the successes and failures of President Obama’s tenure in the White House. Focusing primarily on domestic policy, these essays explain why Obama's widely anticipated moment of change did not fully materialise. The Obama presidency navigated partisan and institutional obstacles, but quickly lost its 2008 momentum. These developments illustrate the weakening of the institutional Presidency in a larger context of polarised politics. Many of the fault lines of American society were thus left largely unaddressed, paving the way for the Trump campaign in 2016.ContributorsDavid Bensman, Rutgers University, USA. Audrey Célestine, University of Lille 3, France. Frédérick Douzet, University of Paris 8, France. Aude Géry, Rouen University, France.Michael Kazin, Georgetown University, USA. Donna Kesselman, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France.Thad Kousser, UC San Diego, USA. Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.Nicolas Martin-Breteau, University of Lille 3, France. Alix Meyer, Université de Bourgogne France Comté, France.Sidney Milkis, University of Virginia, USA.Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, USA.Elizabeth T. Shermer, Loyola University Chicago, USA.Stephen Skowronek, Yale University, USA.Thomas Sugrue, NYU, USA.Isabelle Vagnoux, Aix Marseille Université, France.François Vergniolle de Chantal, Université de Paris, France.Jean-Christian Vinel, Université de Paris, France.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Obama and the exhaustion of progressive presidentialism

Part 1 INSTITUTIONS

1 Barack Obama and the promise of transformative leadership

2 Obama and the administrative presidency: Finding new meanings in old laws

3 Congressional gridlock reconsidered: The emergence of a “conducive coalition”?

4 Federalism: Barack Obama’s accidental devolution revolution

Part 2 POLICIES

5 “Our immigration system is broken”: Barack Obama and the challenge of comprehensive immigration reform

6 War and peace in cyberspace: Obama’s multifaceted legacy

7 A decent-sized foundation: Obama’s urban policy

8 From Clinton to Obama to Trump: The politics and political economy of health insurance reform

Part 3 MOVEMENT POLITICS

9 Criticize and thrive: The American left in the Obama years

10 “Stop killing us”: Mobilizing against structural racism in the United States from Black Lives Matter to the Movement for Black Lives

11 The Obama administration’s labor and employment legacy

12 Why wasn’t there a twenty-first-century “new” New Deal? Historical perspectives for the hope for and reality of Obama’s presidency

13 Coda – Obama’s fractured legacy

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-5495-X

OCLC:

1201697609