Obama Presidency

A comprehensive analysis of the Obama presidency, its actions in office and its policy directions. The changes in orientation and policy directions that took place are both accounted for and explained in a policy and political context as are their consequences for the institution of the presidency itself.

William Crotty is professor of political science at Northeastern University.

Chapter 1: Representation and Counter-Representation in the Obama Presidency by William Crotty Chapter 2: Obama By The Numbers: A Comparison With Pre-vious Presidencies by Bruce E. Caswell Chapter 3: Obama's Health Reform: The Managerial President and the Political Storm by James A. Morone Chapter 4: Environmental Policy: The Success and Failure of the Obama Presidency by John C. Berg Chapter 5: Shifting Global Paradigms and Obama's Adaptive Foreign Policy by Lawrence C. Reardon Chapter 6: African-American Perspectives of the Obama Presidency by Shayla C. Nunnally Chapter 7: Minority Party Strategies and Political Successes in Opposition to the Obama Policy Agenda by R. Lawrence Butler Chapter 8: Coalitional Divisions and Realignment Dynamics in the Obama Era by Arthur C. Paulson Chapter 9: Recalibrating the Obama Presidency: The Off-Year Elections and Their Consequence by Maureen F. Moakley Chapter 10: Principles and Pragmatism in the Obama Presidency by William Crotty