Luigi Esposito, Laura Finley

Grading the 44th President

A report card on Barack Obama's First Term as a Progressive Leader

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Produktbeschreibung

How has Barack Obama done in his first term as a "progressive president," especially in relation to his campaign assertions? This book analyzes the performance of Obama and his administration in promoting progressive causes in a wide range of policy areas, including the economy, education, immigration, healthcare reform, criminal justice, and foreign affairs. Grading the 44th President: A Report Card on Barack Obama's First Term as a Progressive Leader is written in clear language that is free of jargon and from a leftist perspective, offering a comprehensive analysis and critique of Obama's performance as a progressive president during his first term. The authors provide in-depth analyses with respect to Obama's handling of specific issues, including the economy, education, healthcare, criminal justice policy, the environment, immigration, Iraq and Afghanistan, race relations, gender issues, and gay/lesbian issues, covering topics in detail that general biographies of Obama and examinations of his political career miss. This book presents clear, accessible information for general readers, and contains in-depth discussion of topics useful to high school, college, and university students of sociology, government, political science, philosophy, and history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9780313398438
• ISBN-10: 0313398437
• Artikelnr.: 34440811

Autorenporträt

Luigi Esposito, Laura L. Finley

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Leonard Pitts Acknowledgments Introduction Obama and the Promise
of Change Luigi Esposito and Laura L. Finley Chapter 1 Progressivism and
Economics: The Case of President Obama Steven L. Arxer, Matthew Babcock,
and Walter Borges Chapter 2 Educating the "Education President" Jung Min
Choi, Tashina J. Vavuris, and Mariko Ono Chapter 3 Negotiating Health: The
Challenges of Progressive Healthcare Reform in the United States Lisa
Konczal Chapter 4 Obama, Progressivism, Harm Reduction, and Drug
Policy: From War to Health and Rights Fernando M. Perez Chapter 5 "In the
Land of the Blind": Evaluating Obama's Environmental Record Kent D.
Shifferd Chapter 6 Rating the 44th President on Immigration Randall Amster
and Margaret Groarke Chapter 7 Obama at War Nicolas J. S. Davies Chapter 8
Race and the Obama Presidency Victor Romano and Melanie Sberna Hinojosa
Chapter 9 The First Female President? Assessing Obama's First-Term Work on
Women's Issues Laura L. Finley Chapter 10 Waiting for Change: Obama and the
LGBT Community P. Tom Semm and Christina Sanchez-Weston Chapter 11 Being
Progressive on National Security: The Rolling Back of Bush Administration
Policies and Keeping America Safe Christian A. I. Schlaerth, Aaron
Puhrmann, Katelyn Rozenbroek, and Hilary H. Cook Conclusion: Obama and the
Future of Progressivism in the United States Laura L. Finley and Luigi
Esposito About the Editors and Contributors Index