.... Furthermore, major foundations and other Boardroom Progressive reformers have increased their focus on national education policy, and their influence is growing more visible under the Obama administration. Major foundations, to a large extent, are politically unaccountable. Nonetheless, the reforms...

... erecting a vast regulatory apparatus to address the issue. Today, politicians regard environmental policy as one of the most pressing issues they face. The Obama administration has identified the renewable energy sector as a key driver of economic growth, and Congress is in the process of passing a bill...

... scientists provide this book’s interior chapters, using quantitative and qualitative methods to draw conclusions. The first group of scholars examines the Obama administration’s impact upon the attitudes and perceived group interests of various Black constituencies, including voters, partisans, civil rights...

... successes. The authors then give an overview of the rest of the volume. Black presidency Black voters Harris Fredrick Obama Barack Trump Donald Black politics COVID 19 pandemic economic unrest hope and change rhetoric McLaurin Virginia Obama Michelle Obama administration racial unrest...

.... Third, I explore African American women’s descriptive representation under the Obama administration and whether the Obama administration created unique opportunities for African American women as decision makers in the administration. Finally, I argue that Obama’s failures to adequately address African...

...This chapter focuses on the period between 2003 and 2011, which encompasses reaction against No Child Left Behind as well as the Obama administration's ambitious initiatives. It begins by describing the political backlash against the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, showing how it worked to limit...

... to identify conditions in the 1920s that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the institutional and policy measures adopted during the administration of former President Roosevelt. The chapter compares these measures with how the Obama administration dealt with the current financial crisis...

...This chapter uses investigative activity during the Obama administration as a lens for evaluating presidential–congressional relations in the early twenty-first century. Investigative activity declined in intensity in the late 1980s through the first decade of the new century, but Republicans...

...This chapter analyses president Obama’s foreign policy in the MENA region. The first section focuses on the discourse and key strategic documents of the Obama administration. The purpose is to identify the place that the MENA region has in the order of priorities of his foreign policy. The second...

... justice system, to accomplish a revival of the laissez faire political economy which dominated Gilded Age America. Although the consequences of these assaults became painfully apparent in a confluence of crises during the early twenty-first century, the patch-and-repair fixes that Congress and the Obama...

... torture, humane treatment of prisoners, and habeas corpus and details both the techniques and consequences of the “enhanced interrogation” practices employed at Guantánamo and other detention centers. It characterizes the “looking forward” posture of the Obama administration as a form of denial enabled...

... of other aspects of the American legal system. Most undocumented workers think it is a good idea that people who commit serious crimes serve time in jail. During the Obama administration, more undocumented Mexicans—including juvenile delinquents—were deported than under any previous administration...

... for America’s engagement in the region, one that would prioritize supporting democracy over liberalism, when the two are in tension. US foreign policy foreign aid democracy promotion democratization liberalism Islamist movements Muslim Brotherhood Middle East Obama administration secularism Can...

... Luther King Jr., and you get the audacity of hope as Barack Obama articulated it in 2008, and as he would continue to articulate it as president. ² The Obama administration had a term for its foreign-policy vision—the liberal international order. Not the stuff of campaign rallies, the liberal...

... mobilized to oppose the Obama administration's policies and perceived government overreach—creating the Tea Party movement. The chapter uses two experiments to show how this criticism undermines credit for spending, causing constituents to be much less supportive of expenditures in the district. It also...

... security and public safety. This chapter reviews the history of immigration legislation in the United States and the multiple failed efforts to enact comprehensive immigration reform over the past decade. It then identifies a series of legal initiatives introduced by the Obama administration that have...

... robotic weapons. The pledges of the Obama administration to provide greater transparency and accountability in drone operations remain largely unfulfilled. The resulting lack of accurate information hinders the ability to judge the morality and legality of US drone policy. The authors ask whether...

... the signatory countries, and in early February 2016 Obama signed the agreement. From the day TPP was signed the Obama administration prioritized its passage during the lame duck session but could not muster the necessary votes in the House and in district-by-district organizing. The divisive strategy Obama used...

... Reagan administration Mariel boatlift Obama administration In two separate examples, Cuban diaspora groups in the United States proved to be junior allies of two US presidents: President Carter and President Reagan. While the two organizations, the Cuban American Committee (CAC) and the Cuban American...

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