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Obama on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks
John D. Graham
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Hardback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; JPHL; JPP; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 799.
The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation's 240-year history, is of special interest. Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since the Great Depression. On the political front, he would be challenged by the intense congressional polarization faced by Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, exacerbated by the rise of the Tea Party movement. In this comprehensive assessment of domestic policymaking, John D. Graham considers what we may learn from the Obama presidency about how presidents can best implement their agendas when Congress ... Read more
The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation's 240-year history, is of special interest. Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since the Great Depression. On the political front, he would be challenged by the intense congressional polarization faced by Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, exacerbated by the rise of the Tea Party movement. In this comprehensive assessment of domestic policymaking, John D. Graham considers what we may learn from the Obama presidency about how presidents can best implement their agendas when Congress ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
798g
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253021038
SKU
V9780253021038
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About John D. Graham
John D. Graham is Dean of the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is author of Bush on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks (IUP, 2010) and author (with Kristin S. Seefeldt) of America's Poor and the Great Recession (IUP, 2013). From 2001 to 2006 he served as Administrator of the Office of Information and ... Read more
Reviews for Obama on the Home Front: Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks
An important contribution to scholarship on the American presidency and American politics... [W]ill be of great interest to students and scholars, and likely will be a foundational text on understanding the Obama presidency. -Meena Bose, Hofstra University The best comprehensive review of the Obama administration's policies available, written by an individual who is both knowledgeable in the policy ... Read more