Overview
- Collects together a highly readable and accessible look at the Obama presidency from scholars who are experts in public policy
- Provides a sober assessment of Obama's legacy, delving deeply into Obama’s actions, stated intentions and the policy results with objectivity and candor
- Offers insights into the changing nature of the American presidency and shows how the presidency continues to evolve
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Reviews
“Focusing on Obama’s “transformational impulse,” the authors provide a rich, nuanced, and complex set of judgments about the Obama presidency and its legacies. An important addition to the literature on the Obama administration.” (Mary E. Stuckey, Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University, USA)
“Wilbur Rich’s Hope and Change will be considered a foundational study into the presidency of Barack Obama.” (Marion Orr, Frederick Lippitt Professor, Public Policy, and Professor, Political Science and Urban Studies, Brown University, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Wilbur C. Rich is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Wellesley College, USA. He is the author of The Politics of Urban Personnel Policy: Reformers, Politicians and Bureaucrats (1982), Coleman Young and Detroit Politics: From Social Activist to Power Broker (1989), Black Mayors and School Politics (1996), David Dinkins and New York City Politics: Race, Images and the Media (2007), and The Post-Racial Society is Here: Recognition, Critics and the Nation-State (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Looking Back on President Barack Obama’s Legacy
Book Subtitle: Hope and Change
Editors: Wilbur C. Rich
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01545-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-01544-2Published: 28 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-01545-9Published: 12 December 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 263
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: US Politics, Political Leadership, Political History