This book provides a broad analysis of the legacy of the Obama presidency, representing multiple perspectives across the partisan and disciplinary divides. The chapters in this book are grouped into three major legacy categories: domestic policy, foreign policy, and rhetoric. Domestically, the contributors examine the "Obama coalition" and its staying power in the age of Trump, President Obama's legacy regarding the use of executive power, his impact on intergovernmental relations, and his impact on the welfare state and education. On the foreign policy front, the central focus is on whether Obama was in fact much different from his predecessor, what impact he had on the Middle East and Afghanistan, and whether his pivot to Asia yielded the hoped-for results. The contributions in this book also aim to (re-)assess the Obama legacy in light of the subsequent efforts by his successor to undo many of the policies embraced and implemented during the Obama years.

Michael Grossman is Professor of political science and international studies at the University of Mount Union, USA.

Ronald Eric Matthews is Assistant Professor of political science at Notre Dame College in Cleveland, USA.

Francis Schortgen is Professor of political science and international studies as well as business at the University of Mount Union, USA.

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Michael Grossman is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Mount Union, USA.

Ronald Eric Matthews is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame College in Cleveland, USA.

Francis Schortgen is Professor of Political Science and International Studies as well as Business at the University of Mount Union, USA.

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Introduction: The Obama Presidency from Hope and Change to Missed Opportunities Part 1: Domestic Policy and the Legacy of the Obama Presidency

Chapter 1: Almost, Maybe, Kinda, Transformational: Barack Obama

Chapter 2: How Obama Set the Stage for Trump's Unilateralism

Chapter 3: Barack Obama, Intergovernmental Relations, and Economic Policy: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue

Chapter 4: Obligations to Act: The Rhetorical Legacy of the Rescues of the Domestic Auto Industry

Chapter 5: The Politics of the New American Welfare State and the Obama Legacy

Chapter 6: Obama's Education Policy: Moral Thicket or Ticket?

Part II: The Rhetorical Legacy of the Obama Presidency Chapter 7: The Obama Narrative

Chapter 8: A Lighthouse and a Crossroads: The Rhetorical Strategy of President Barack Obama

Part III: Foreign Policy and the Legacy of the Obama Presidency

Chapter 9: From the Audacity of Hope to Small Ball: How Obama's Retrenchment and Caution Contributed to Trump's Rise

Chapter 10: President Barack Obama's Counterterrorism Strategy in Afghanistan: Transformational and Transitional

Chapter 11: The Perils of Retrenchment: The Obama Administration's Middle East Policies

Chapter 12: Obama and the Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific

Conclusion: The Obama Presidency: Expectations, Achievements and Missed Opportunities