Grading the 44th President

Luigi Esposito, PhD, is associate professor of sociology and criminology at Barry University, Miami Shores, FL.Laura L. Finley, PhD, is assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Barry University, Miami Shores, FL.

• ForewordLeonard PittsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Obama and the Promise of ChangeLuigi Esposito and Laura L. FinleyChapter 1 Progressivism and Economics: The Case of President ObamaSteven L. Arxer, Matthew Babcock, and Walter BorgesChapter 2 Educating the "Education President"Jung Min Choi, Tashina J. Vavuris, and Mariko OnoChapter 3 Negotiating Health: The Challenges of Progressive Healthcare Reform in the United StatesLisa KonczalChapter 4 Obama, Progressivism, Harm Reduction, and Drug Policy: From War to Health and RightsFernando M. PerezChapter 5 "In the Land of the Blind": Evaluating Obama's Environmental RecordKent D. ShifferdChapter 6 Rating the 44th President on ImmigrationRandall Amster and Margaret GroarkeChapter 7 Obama at WarNicolas J. S. DaviesChapter 8 Race and the Obama PresidencyVictor Romano and Melanie Sberna HinojosaChapter 9 The First Female President? Assessing Obama's First-Term Work on Women's IssuesLaura L. FinleyChapter 10 Waiting for Change: Obama and the LGBT CommunityP. Tom Semm and Christina Sanchez-WestonChapter 11 Being Progressive on National Security: The Rolling Back of Bush Administration Policies and Keeping America SafeChristian A. I. Schlaerth, Aaron Puhrmann, Katelyn Rozenbroek, and Hilary H. CookConclusion: Obama and the Future of Progressivism in the United StatesLaura L. Finley and Luigi EspositoAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex