Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 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
