Grading the 44th President
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Grading the 44th President

A Report Card on Barack Obama's First Term as a Progressive Leader

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

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

  1. Cover
  2. Grading the 44th President
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction Obama and the Promise of Change
  9. Chapter 1 Progressivism and Economics: The Case of President Obama
  10. Chapter 2 Educating the ā€œEducation Presidentā€
  11. Chapter 3 Negotiating Health: The Challenges of Progressive Healthcare Reform in the United States
  12. Chapter 4 Obama, Progressivism, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy: From War to Health and Rights
  13. Chapter 5 ā€œIn the Land of the Blindā€: Evaluating Obamaā€™s Environmental Record
  14. Chapter 6 Rating the 44th President on Immigration
  15. Chapter 7 Obama at War
  16. Chapter 8 Race and the Obama Presidency
  17. Chapter 9 The First Female President? Assessing Obamaā€™s First-Term Work on Womenā€™s Issues
  18. Chapter 10 Waiting for Change: Obama and the LGBT Community
  19. Chapter 11 Being Progressive on National Security: The Rolling Back of Bush Administration Policies and Keeping America Safe
  20. Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Progressivism in the United States
  21. About the Editors and Contributors
  22. Index