Obama's Fractured Legacy : : The Politics and Policies of an Embattled Presidency / / François Vergniolle de Chantal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Vergniolle de Chantal, François,
• MitwirkendeR: Bensman, David,; Chantal, François Vergniolle de,; Célestine, Audrey,; Douzet, Frédérick,; Géry, Aude,; Kazin, Michael,; Kesselman, Donna,; Kousser, Thad,; Lichtenstein, Nelson,; Martin-Breteau, Nicolas,; Meyer, Alix,; Milkis, Sidney M.,; Rudalevige, Andrew,; Shermer, Elizabeth T.,; Skowronek, Stephen,; Sugrue, Thomas J.,; Vagnoux, Isabelle,; Vinel, Jean-Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives on the American Presidency : NPAP
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

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.

Table of 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