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Obama's Fractured Legacy: The Politics and Policies of an Embattled Presidency (New Perspectives on the American Presidency)

Obama's Fractured Legacy: The Politics and Policies of an Embattled Presidency (New Perspectives on the American Presidency)

Current price: $162.50
Publication Date: September 22nd, 2020
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:
9781474454933
Pages:
384
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Description

Featuring 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.

About the Author

François Vergniolle de Chantal is Professor of American Politics and Government at Université de Paris. He is the author and editor of several books on the US presidency in both French and English. He is the author of L'impossible présidence impériale: Le contrôle législatif aux États-Unis (CNRS Éditions Paris, 2016). His research focuses on US political institutions, American Congress, and ideologies and political thought.