The first Democratic president for twelve years, William Jefferson Clinton entered the White House on a note of optimism, pledged to give priority to economic policy and his domestic agenda of healthcare and welfare reforms. President Clinton - the 'Man from Hope' - faced what looked like a fresh opportunity to move ahead with legislation. The years of 'gridlock', whereby a president of one political party faced a Congress dominated by another, were over. This volume analyses in depth the processes and policies of the Clinton presidency. It reveals the contradictions, achievements, reversals and triumphs of a complex and fascinating president and his administration.

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CHRISTOPHER J. BAILEY Senior Lecturer, Department of American Studies, University of Keele MICHAEL FOLEY Professor, Department of International Politics, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth TIM HAMES formerly of Christ Church, Oxford GEORGE H. QUESTOR Professor of International Relations in the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, USA

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Acknowledgement The Mountbatten Centre for International Studies Notes on Contributors The Clinton Presidency: The Man and His Times; D.M.Hill Clinton and Congress; M.Foley Clinton and the Courts; T.Yarbrough Bill Clinton as a Party Politician and Party Leader: the First Term; P.S.Herrnson Clintonomics; C.J.Bailey Domestic Policy; D.M.Hill Foreign Policy; T.Hames Defence Policy; G.H.Questor Reflections on Clinton's First Term; P.S.Herrnson Index