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The 2008 Presidential Elections

A Story in Four Acts

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. Erik Jones

    1. Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Bologna Center, Johns Hopkins University, USA

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  2. Salvatore Vassallo

    1. University of Bologna, Italy

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Prologue

    1. Prologue

      • Erik Jones, Salvatore Vassallo
      Pages 1-11

  3. Choosing the Candidates

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. The Democratic Primaries

      • John A. Gans Jr.
      Pages 15-39

    3. The Republican Primaries

      • Trevor B. McCrisken
      Pages 41-65

    4. Third Parties

      • William C. Binning
      Pages 67-82

  4. The National Campaigns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Setting the Agenda: “Yes We Can”

      • Jennifer Palmieri
      Pages 85-97

    3. A Perfect Campaign: The Role of Money, Organization, and Strategy

      • Alicia Kolar Prévost, James A. Thurber
      Pages 99-114

    4. The Conventions and Debates

      • Andrew Wroe
      Pages 115-131

  5. And the Winner Is...

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. The Victory of Barack Obama

      • Michael E. Shin
      Pages 135-150

    3. The Other Elections: Congress and the States

      • B. Guy Peters
      Pages 151-163

    4. The New Administration

      • Fabrizio Bucci
      Pages 165-192

  6. The Aftermath

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. A New Foreign Policy for the United States?

      • Mario Del Pero
      Pages 195-212

    3. A New U.S. Economy?

      • Jonathon W. Moses
      Pages 213-229

    4. A New U.S. Politics and Society?

      • Christopher J. Bailey
      Pages 231-245

    5. Epilogue

      • Erik Jones, Salvatore Vassallo
      Pages 247-252

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 253-259
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About this book

The election of Barack Obama fundamentally changed America's relationship with the outside world. Written by a mix of scholars and practitioners, the chapters cover the entire electoral process and analyze what Obama's victory suggests about the development of America, socially, economically, and in its foreign relations.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Bologna Center, Johns Hopkins University, USA

    Erik Jones

  • University of Bologna, Italy

    Salvatore Vassallo

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About the editors


ERIK JONES is Professor of European Studies at the SAIS Bologna Centre of the Johns Hopkins University, USA and contributing editor of Survival. 
  
SALVATORE VASSALLO is Member of Italian Parliament for the Partito Democratico and Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy.
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