Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Timeline; 1 Policy Revolution without a Political Transformation: The Presidency of Barack Obama; 2 Tea Partied: President Obama's Encounters with the Conservative-Industrial Complex; 3 Neither a Depression nor a New Deal: Bailout, Stimulus, and the Economy; 4 Achievement without Credit: The Obama Presidency and Inequality; 5 Obama's Fight against Global Warming; 6 Obama's Court?; 7 The Gay Rights President; 8 Education in the Age of Obama: The Paradox of Consensus
9 Barack Obama and the Movement for Black Lives: Race, Democracy, and Criminal Justice in the Age of Ferguson10 A Decent- Sized Foundation: Obama's Urban Policy; 11 "Tough and Smart" : The Resilience of the War on Drugs during the Obama Administration; 12 A Promise Unfulfilled, an Imperfect Legacy: Obama and Immigration Policy; 13 Liberal Internationalism, Law, and the First African American President; 14 Terror Tuesdays: How Obama Refined Bush's Counterterrorism Policies; 15 A Hyphenated Legacy? Obama's Africa Policy; 16 Criticize and Thrive: The American Left in the Obama Years
17 Civic Ideals, Race, and Nation in the Age of Obama; Notes; List of Contributors; Index
Summary:
Barack Obama's election as the first African American president seemed to usher in a new era, and he took office in 2009 with great expectations. But by his second term, Republicans controlled Congress, and, after the 2016 presidential election, Obama's legacy and the health of the Democratic Party itself appeared in doubt. In The Presidency of Barack Obama, Julian Zelizer gathers leading American historians to put President Obama and his administration into political and historical context.
