pt. 1. From campaigning to governing. Obama and the polarized public / Gary C. Jacobson ; Obama and the public mood / Richard W. Boyd ; Obama's personality and performance / Stephen J. Wayne ; Organizing the Obama White House / James P. Pfiffner
pt. 2. On the hill and off. Congressional leadership in Obama's first two years / Barbara Sinclair ; A "post-partisan" President in a partisan context / John E. Owens ; Obama's battle with lobbyists / James A. Thurber
pt. 3. Obama and the media. Fall of the favorite / Ron Elving ; Communication is destiny / Scott Lilly
pt. 4. Obama and domestic policy. From ambition to desperation on the budget / Joseph White ; The politics of regulation in the Obama administration / Claudia Hartley Thurber ; The Obama administration and Internet policy / Douglas E. Van Houweling
pt. 5. Obama and foreign policy. Structural challenges for American foreign policy in the Obama administration / Jonathan Wilkenfeld ; The Obama administration and counterterrorism / Martha Crenshaw ; Obama's use of prerogative powers in the War on Terrorism / Richard M. Pious ; Reclaiming and rebuilding American power / Lawrence J. Korb and Alexander H. Rothman.
