Justin S Vaughn: 3 books
Women and the White House
Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
The president of the United States traditionally serves as a symbol of power, virtue, ability, dominance, popularity, and patriarchy. In recent years, however, the high-profile candidacies of Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Michelle Bachmann have provoked new interest in gendered popular culture...
Czars in the White House
The Rise of Policy Czars as Presidential Management Tools
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
When Barack Obama entered the White House, he followed a long-standing precedent for the development and implementation of major policies by appointing administrators—so-called policy czars—charged with directing the response to the nation’s most pressing crises. Demonstrating that the creation...
The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations
Establishing the Obama Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge...