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The Obama Presidency: Appraisals and Prospects

Bert A. Rockman

In the latest volume in this classic series, Rockman, Rudalevige, and Campbell once again bring together top-notch scholars, this time to take a comprehensive look at the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency. Assessing Obama's political strategy, as well as his administration's successes and setbacks, chapter authors critically examine a presidency marked by continued partisanship, major policy battles, and continued global turmoil.

Book Details

  • Publisher: CQ Press
  • Publish Date: Jul 26th, 2011
  • Pages: 368
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.80in - 5.90in - 0.70in - 1.05lb
  • EAN: 9781608716852
  • Categories: Political Process - GeneralAmerican Government - Executive Branch

About the Author

Bert A. Rockman is currently professor of political science and department head at Purdue University. His books include The Leadership Question, which was awarded the Richard E. Neustadt Prize. He also has been a recipient Herbert A. Simon Award.

Andrew Rudalevige is the Thomas Brackett Reed professor of government at Bowdoin

College and former chair of the American Political Science Association's Presidents

and Executive Politics section; in 2023-2024 he is a visiting professor at the London

School of Economics. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and won the Richard

E. Neustadt Prize from the American Political Science Association for best book on the

U.S. presidency in 2003 and 2022, as well as the 2022 Louis Brownlow Prize from the

National Academy of Public Administration. His books include By Executive Order,

Managing the President's Program, The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential

Power after Watergate, and, as coeditor, a volume on the Office of Management and

Budget and a series assessing recent presidencies. Prior to his academic career, he

worked in state and local politics in Massachusetts.

Colin Campbell is Canada Research Chair in U.S. Government and Politics at the University of British Columbia. Previously, he was university professor of public policy at Georgetown University. He has published nine books, three of which have won awards.

Praise for this book

I consider this an indispensable text for my course on the American Presidency. The contributing scholars are experts in their field and their contributions are accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students. Best of all, the text provides a timely scholarly analysis of the current President and places his performance in a context that allows for analysis and comparison with previous Presidents.

--Carole Kennedy