Obama Presidency: Change and Continuity [Hardback]

"The Obama Presidency: Change and Continuity is a timely volume in which leading experts in the field detail the trials and successes of President Obamas first two years in office. The books accessible blend of scholarly findings with recent developments in presidential politics makes it an outstanding choice for undergraduate courses on the American presidency." Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas

"Are we in the beginning stages of an Obama regime or is the Obama presidency, like Clinton's, a brief disruption in an enduring Reagan era? The Obama Presidency: Change and Continuity addresses this question with first-rate scholarship from a variety of vantage points. This is an extremely worthwhile and accessible volume that is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate courses on the presidency and political leadership." David Holian, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

"The Obama Presidency is a concise evaluation of the Obama administration at midterm by a stellar group of presidential scholars and policy experts. This book provides a kaleidoscopic view of the structural, political, and policy constraints that have resulted in more continuity than change from a president whose candidacy raised expectations of transformational leadership, only to be dashed by practical governing realities and fateful political choices that would make deep changes in process and policy far less possible. An excellent reader for Presidency and American government courses." Nancy Kassop, SUNY New Paltz