9 Criticize and thrive: The American left in the Obama years

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Obama and the exhaustion of progressive presidentialism 1
6. Part 1 INSTITUTIONS
7. 1 Barack Obama and the promise of transformative leadership 29
8. 2 Obama and the administrative presidency: Finding new meanings in old laws 54
9. 3 Congressional gridlock reconsidered: The emergence of a “conducive coalition”? 93
10. 4 Federalism: Barack Obama’s accidental devolution revolution 118
11. Part 2 POLICIES
12. 5 “Our immigration system is broken”: Barack Obama and the challenge of comprehensive immigration reform 143
13. 6 War and peace in cyberspace: Obama’s multifaceted legacy 181
14. 7 A decent-sized foundation: Obama’s urban policy 209
15. 8 From Clinton to Obama to Trump: The politics and political economy of health insurance reform 236
16. Part 3 MOVEMENT POLITICS
17. 9 Criticize and thrive: The American left in the Obama years 267
18. 10 “Stop killing us”: Mobilizing against structural racism in the United States from Black Lives Matter to the Movement for Black Lives 289
19. 11 The Obama administration’s labor and employment legacy 314
20. 12 Why wasn’t there a twenty-first-century “new” New Deal? Historical perspectives for the hope for and reality of Obama’s presidency 352
21. 13 Coda – Obama’s fractured legacy 388
22. Bibliography 425
23. Index 443