Obama V. Trump: The Politics of Presidential Legacy and Rollback (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781474447003)

In 2008, in what seemed a seminal moment for the country's politics, the United States elected an African American as President. Yet, eight years later, the nation put Donald Trump - the very antithesis of his predecessor - in office. This book determines what can legitimately be regarded as the legacy of the Obama presidency and investigates how far the Trump administration has reversed it. The analysis is embedded in a historical context, based on examination and scrutiny of how, and how successfully, presidents in the modern era have overturned the work of their predecessor when they have attempted to do so. The authors focus on meaningful priority shifts, policy changes and the imprint of presidential leadership, providing a framework for assessing Obama's legacy, which in turn affords context to a discussion of the Trump administration's capacity to fulfil its promise to reverse the direction taken by the Obama White House. Looking beyond the noise and hyperbole, the book examines how robust the Obama legacy has proved to be in the face of Trump's challenge.

Author: Clodagh Harrington, Alex Waddan
ISBN-10: 1474447007
ISBN-13: 9781474447003
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2020
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.80d