This edited collection delves into the key aspects of the Trump campaign promises around immigration, trade, social and foreign policy, and unpicks how the first year of the presidency has played out in delivering them. It charts his first year from both historical and contemporary political standpoints, and in the context of comparative pieces stacking Trump's performance against Gold-standard presidents such as Reagan, Kennedy and the last 'outsider', Eisenhower. Focusing in on a number of key elements of the presidency in depth, it offers a unique perspective on a presidency like no other, drawing on the overriding themes of populism, nativist nationalism and the battle for disengagement from the neoliberal power generation.

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Mara Oliva is Lecturer in Modern US History at the University of Reading, UK. She is the author of Eisenhower and American Public Opinion on China (Palgrave, 2018).

Mark Shanahan is Lecturer in the Politics & International Relations at the University of Reading, UK, having moved full-time into academia in 2015 after more than 20 years in journalism and corporate communication. He is the author of Eisenhower at the Dawn of the Space Age Sputnik, Rockets and Helping Hands (2016).

Inhalt

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

Mara Oliva & Mark Shanahan

PART I: A Historical Perspective

CHAPTER II: Outsider Presidents Comparing Eisenhower and Trump

Mark Shanahan

03_CHAPTER III: Style and Substance: Trump in the Context of Camelot

Mark White

04_CHAPTER IV: Make America Great Again: Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump

Iwan Morgan

PART II: Winning at Home

05_CHAPTER V: Pushing Back the Obama Legacy: Trump's First Year and the Alt Right Evangelical Catholic coalition

Lee Marsden

06_CHAPTER VI: Racial Policy under Trump

Richard Johnson

07_CHAPTER VII: Bad Hombres: The Trump Administration, Mexican Immigration and the Border Wall

Kevern Verney

08_CHAPTER VIII: Grab 'em by the Legacy: Rolling Back the Years with President Trump

Clodagh Harrington

09_CHAPTER IX: Trumpism and Social Policy

Alex Waddan

PART III: Winning Away

10_CHAPTER X: Stability not Chaos: Donald Trump and the World the first year

Maria Ryan

11_CHAPTER XI: Trump and China: Much Ado about Nothing

Mara Oliva

12_CHAPTER XII: Conclusions

Mark Shanahan & Mara Oliva