Grading the 44th President
A Report Card on Barack Obama's First Term as a Progressive Leader
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Grading the 44th President
A Report Card on Barack Obama's First Term as a Progressive Leader
About This Book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Grading the 44th President
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Obama and the Promise of Change
- Chapter 1 Progressivism and Economics: The Case of President Obama
- Chapter 2 Educating the âEducation Presidentâ
- Chapter 3 Negotiating Health: The Challenges of Progressive Healthcare Reform in the United States
- Chapter 4 Obama, Progressivism, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy: From War to Health and Rights
- Chapter 5 âIn the Land of the Blindâ: Evaluating Obamaâs Environmental Record
- Chapter 6 Rating the 44th President on Immigration
- Chapter 7 Obama at War
- Chapter 8 Race and the Obama Presidency
- Chapter 9 The First Female President? Assessing Obamaâs First-Term Work on Womenâs Issues
- Chapter 10 Waiting for Change: Obama and the LGBT Community
- Chapter 11 Being Progressive on National Security: The Rolling Back of Bush Administration Policies and Keeping America Safe
- Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Progressivism in the United States
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Index