Grading the 44th president
Subtitle: a report card on Barack Obama's first term as a progressive leader
By: Luigi Esposito and Laura L. Finley, editors ; foreword by Leonard Pitts
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313398438; 9780313398445
Subjects: Politics and government; Political and social views; Social policy; Progressivism (United States politics); History
Other titles: Grading the forty-fourth president
Notes: "This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an ebook"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Obama and the Promise of Change / Luigi Esposito and Laura L. Finley; title: Progressivism and Economics : The Case of President Obama / Steven L. Arxer, Matthew Babcock, and Walter Borges; title: Educating the "Education President" / Jung Min Choi, Tashina J. Vavuris, and Mariko Ono; title: Negotiating Health : The Challenges of Progressive Healthcare Reform in the U.S. / Lisa Konczal; title: Obama, Progressivism, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy : From War to Health and Rights / Fernando Perez; title: In The Land Of The Blind : Evaluating Obama's Environmental Record / Kent D. Shifferd; title: Rating the 44th President on Immigration / Randall Amster and Margaret Groarke; title: Obama at War / Nicolas J.S. Davies; title: Race and the Obama Presidency / Victor Romano and Melanie Sberna Hinojosa; title: The First Female President? Assessing Obama's First-term Work on Women's Issues / Laura L. Finley; title: Waiting for Change : Obama and the LGBT Community / P. Tom Semm and Christina Sanchez-Weston; title: Being Progressive on National Security : The Rolling Back of Bush Administration Policies and Keeping America Safe / Christian A.I. Schlaerth, Aaron Puhrmann, Katelyn Rozenbroek, and Hilary Cook; title: Conclusion: Obama and the Future of Progressivism in the US / Laura L. Finley and Luigi Esposito.