The Obama Presidency in the Constitutional Order
A First Look
1st Edition
Published on 18. March 2011
326 pages
978-1-4422-0532-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Obama administration is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in recent American history. In this book, a diverse group of presidential scholars step back from the partisan debate to consider the first two years of the Obama presidency through the lens of the U.S. constitution's theory, structure, and powers. They ask how Barack Obama understands and exercises the President's formal constitutional and informal powers and responsibilities of the president, from foreign policy and public policy to his political leadership of the Democratic party and the nation as a whole. This timely first look at the Obama presidency establishes a constitutional yardstick of interest to scholars of the presidency, constitutional thought, and American political thought.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-0532-1 (9781442205321)
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Persons
Carol McNamara is senior lecturer in the Political Science Department at Utah State University. Melanie Marlowe is a lecturer of political science at Miami University.
Content
Foreword
Chapter 1: The Obama Campaign Revolution: Presidential Electioneering in the Digital Age
Chapter 2: Professor Obama and the Constitution
Chapter 3: President Obama and Executive Independence
Chapter 4: President Obama and Congress: Deference, Disinterest, or Collusion?
Chapter 5: The Spirit is Partially Willing: The Legal Realism and Half-Hearted Minimalism of President Obama
Chapter 6: President Obama, the Intelligence Community, and the War on Terror: "Change We Can Believe In?"
Chapter 7: The End of Small Politics? Barack Obama and the Progressive Movement
Chapter 8: Presidential Masks: Barack Obama and FDR
Chapter 9: Barack Obama's Post-Racial Presidency: a New Joshua for a New Civil Rights Era
Chapter 10: The Changing Face of Barack Obama's Leadership
Chapter 1: The Obama Campaign Revolution: Presidential Electioneering in the Digital Age
Chapter 2: Professor Obama and the Constitution
Chapter 3: President Obama and Executive Independence
Chapter 4: President Obama and Congress: Deference, Disinterest, or Collusion?
Chapter 5: The Spirit is Partially Willing: The Legal Realism and Half-Hearted Minimalism of President Obama
Chapter 6: President Obama, the Intelligence Community, and the War on Terror: "Change We Can Believe In?"
Chapter 7: The End of Small Politics? Barack Obama and the Progressive Movement
Chapter 8: Presidential Masks: Barack Obama and FDR
Chapter 9: Barack Obama's Post-Racial Presidency: a New Joshua for a New Civil Rights Era
Chapter 10: The Changing Face of Barack Obama's Leadership
