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THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY AND THE POLITICS OF CHANGE Edited by

Edward Ashbee & John Dumbrell

Studies of the Americas

Series editor Maxine Molyneux Institute of the Americas University College London London, United Kingdom

Aims of the Series Titles in the Studies of the Americas Series include cross-disciplinary and comparative research on the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, particularly in the areas of Politics, Economics, History, Anthropology, Sociology, Development, Gender, Social Policy and the Environment. The series publishes edited collections, which allow exploration of a topic from several different disciplinary angles by eminent scholars; book-length studies providing a deeper focus on a single topic; and readers on specific themes. This series is published in conjunction with UCL’s Institute of the Americas under the editorship of Prof. Maxine Molyneux. For further information, please see: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ americas/publications/studies-of-the-americas

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Edward Ashbee • John Dumbrell Editors

The Obama Presidency and the Politics of Change

Editors Edward Ashbee Department of Business and Politics Copenhagen Business School Frederiksberg, Denmark

John Dumbrell University School of Government and International Affairs Durham University Durham, United Kingdom

Studies of the Americas ISBN 978-3-319-41032-6 ISBN 978-3-319-41033-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41033-3

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