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Reaching for a new deal : ambitious governance, economic meltdown, and polarized politics in Obama's first two years / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs, editors.

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Reaching for a new deal : ambitious governance, economic meltdown, and polarized politics in Obama's first two years / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs, editors.
Publication
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Skocpol, Theda.
  • Jacobs, Lawrence R.
Description
vii, 448 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Reaching for a New Deal analyzes both the ambitious domestic policy of Obama's first two years and the consequent political backlash--up to and including the 2010 midterm elections. --From publisher description.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Polarization (Social sciences) > United States > History > 21st century
  • Recessions > United States > History > 21st century
  • United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017
  • United States > Economic policy > 2009-
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Reaching for a new deal: ambitious governance, economic meltdown, and polarized politics / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Hard-fought legacy: Obama, congressional democrats, and the struggle for comprehensive health care reform / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Theda Skocpol -- Eliminating the market middle-man: redirecting and expanding support for college students / Suzanne Mettler -- The contest of lobbies and disciplines: financial politics and regulatory reform / Daniel Carpenter -- The unsurprising failure of labor law reform and the turn to administrative action / Dorian T. Warren -- Surprising momentum: spurring education reform in states and localities / Lorraine M. McDonnell -- Obama's immigration reform: a tough sell for a grand bargain / John D. Skrentny -- Cold front: how the recession stalled Obama's clean-energy agenda / Judith A. Layzer -- Paying America's way: the fraught politics of taxes, investments, and budgetary responsibility / Andrea Louise Campbell.
ISBN
  • 9780871548559 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0871548550 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781610447119 (ebook)
  • 1610447115 (ebook)
LCCN
^^2011002140
OCLC
682894812
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Harvard Library