The Obama Presidency and the Politics of Change - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319822470 ISBN 13 : 9783319822471

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

This edited volume considers the extent to which the Obama presidency matched the promises of hope and change that were held out in the 2008 election. Contributors assess the character of “change” and, within this context, survey the extent to which there was enduring change within particular policy areas, both domestic and foreign. The authors combine empirical detail with more speculative assessment of the limits and possibilities of change amidst a very dense institutional landscape and in an era of intense political polarization. Some see significant changes, the full consequences of which may only be evident in later years. Other authors in the collection present a markedly different picture and suggest that processes of change were not only limited and partial but at times leading the US in directions far removed from the promises of 2008. The book will make an important contribution to the debates about the Obama legacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edward Ashbee is Associate Professor and Program Director of International Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and the author of The Right and the Recession (2015).
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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319822470
• ISBN 13: 9783319822471
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Éditeur: Ashbee Edward, Dumbrell John
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