Overview
- Offers rigorous and timely appraisal of the Obama presidency, combining broad commentaries and case studies
- Contributes to debates about the character of political and economic change
- Considers foreign and domestic policy and situates Obama within debates about the capacities and character of the US presidency
- Builds upon and develops studies of the US political process with contributions by experienced specialists from the US and abroad
Part of the book series: Studies of the Americas (STAM)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Reviews
“This fine volume - the work of both established and younger scholars from the UK, continental Europe, and the United States, all of them connected to the UK's American Politics Group - is a standout contribution to our growing understanding of Barack Obama's presidency. Splendidly edited and organized, it sustains a clear and coherent framework in covering a broad range of political, social, economic and international issues that rose to the fore during Obama's tenure. Wisely eschewing a grand narrative in favour of assessing the nuances and complexity of a consequential presidency, it is nevertheless persuasive in its assessment that Barack Obama's time in office could well have transformative significance for the future development of twenty-first century America. This is a book that deserves to be read by both scholars and students of American politics.” (Iwan Morgan, Professor of US Studies, UCL, and author of “Reagan: American Icon” (2016))
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
John Dumbrell is Professor of Government at Durham University, UK. He is the author of Clinton’s Foreign Policy (2009) and Rethinking the Vietnam War (2012). He is also editor of Issues in American Politics (2014).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Obama Presidency and the Politics of Change
Editors: Edward Ashbee, John Dumbrell
Series Title: Studies of the Americas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41033-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41032-6Published: 24 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82247-1Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41033-3Published: 09 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 336
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Electoral Politics, US Politics, Comparative Politics, Democracy, Political History, US History