Introduction -- 1 President Trump and the Congress (Giuseppe Franco Ferrari) -- 2 Tiptoeing on the Edge of the Law: How Trump Is Fighting the Regulatory State (Nausica Palazzo) -- 3 President Trump's Appointments in Four Keywords (Paolo Passaglia) -- 4 President Trump's Political Agenda Vis-a-Vis the Supreme Court (Roberto Toniatti) -- 5 President Trump and the American Governors: Two Years of a Conflictual Dialogue (Francesco Clementi) -- 6 Haunted by an Oppressive Ghost: The Trump Labour Agenda beyond the Dismantlement of Obama's Legacy (Davide Zecca) -- 7 The Fiscal Policy (Giancarlo Rando) -- 8 'Back to Basics': Waste Management Policy and the Trump Administration (Marina Petri) -- 9 The Healthcare Reform (Guerino D'Ignazio);10 Pharmaceutical Policies after the First Two Years of President Trump (Anna Ciammariconi) -- 11 Environmental Policies (Roberto Louvin) -- 12 Immigration: The 'Trump Effect' from the Travel Ban to the Substantial Wall on the US-Mexico Border (Roberto Scarciglia) -- 13 Religious Freedom under the Trump Administration (Davide Bacis) -- 14 Developments in US Development Aid (Mark E. Wojcik) -- 15 Is There a 'Trump Doctrine'? (Mario Del Pero)
Summary:
Trump constitutes a clear break with past presidencies. Gallons of ink have been spilled on Trump's controversial use of social networks. Attention has been paid to his incautious statements on both domestic and foreign policy, which seem to be dictated at the spur of the moment rather than after an attentive consideration of the possible consequences for the United States and the world as a whole. Yet, less attention has been devoted to the impact the Trump administration had on constitutional and administrative law doctrines, and to the most recent trends in the U.S. government policymaking under Trump. The present work fills the gap by providing a non-partisan and comprehensive analysis of Trump's first two years in office. The book is divided into two parts. The first part addresses the most recent trends in the US Government, by covering topics as varied as the relationship between the Presidency and Congress, states, federal agencies, the Supreme Court. The second part then moves to illustrate the most recent trends in policy-making, by covering topics such as environmental law, fiscal policy, health care reform, and foreign policy.
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