Evaluating the Obama Presidency: From Transformational Goals to Governing Realities
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3111384543 | 295 Pages | EPUB | 3.2 MB
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3111384543 | 295 Pages | EPUB | 3.2 MB
Barack Obama ran for president in 2008 with a message of a shared purpose uniting all Americans, and was elected with expectations that he would usher in a new national culture under an approach grounded in public engagement that would transcend partisan divisions. But in a system designed for incremental and contested policy-making governance, enacting these transformational ambitions proved to be far more difficult than anticipated.