Title The 2008 presidential elections : a story in four acts / edited by Erik Jones and Salvatore Vassallo

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The Democratic primaries / John A. Gans Jr. -- The Republican primaries / Trevor B. McCrisken -- Third parties / William C. Binning -- Setting the agenda: yes we can / Jennifer Palmieri -- A perfect campaign: the role of money, organization, and strategy / Alicia Kolar Prevost and James A. Thurber -- The conventions and debates / Andrew Wroe -- The victory of Barack Obama / Michael E. Shin -- The other elections: congress and the states / B. Guy Peters -- The new administration / Fabrizio Bucci -- A new foreign policy for the United States? / Mario Del Pero -- A New US economy? / Jonathon W. Moses -- A new US politics and society? / Christopher J. Bailey Summary The election of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States fundamentally changed America's relationship with the outside world, and Europe in particular. This collection of essays explains not only how Obama's improbable victory came about, but also what are its implications both at home and abroad. Written by a mix of scholars and practitioners, the chapters cover the entire electoral process from the start of the primaries to the new administration. They also analyze what Obama's victory suggests about the development of America, socially, economically, and in its foreign relations. The purpose of this volume is two fold. First, and most important, we explain the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections to a European audience from the selection of the candidates to the shaping of the national campaign, and from choices made at the ballot box to the constitution and platform of the incoming administration. In this way, we shed light on why things happened as they did and how our allies in Europe should expect U.S. policy and politics to progress once the dust has settled from the electoral contest. A second purpose is to give an American audience some sense of why these elections are so closely followed outside the United States - and why so many Europeans complain that they should have a vote. Part of this has to do with how the elections are framed. The prologue, 'aftermath' and epilogue to the volume cast the issues from a European perspective and show what implications are drawn from them by the outside world Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Obama, Barack. SUBJECT Obama, Barack fast Subject Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008 Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 21st century Political science & theory. Elections & referenda. Constitution: government & the state. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. Politics and Government. Political campaigns Politics and government Presidents -- Election SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Jones, Erik Vassallo, Salvatore ISBN 9780230103177 0230103170 1349382132 9781349382132 1282665014 9781282665019 9786612665011 6612665017

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