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- Title
Bilanz der Präsidentschaft Barack Obamas: kein transformativer, aber ein effektiver und mutiger Leader.
- Authors
Horst, Patrick
- Abstract
Barack Obama wanted to be a transformational president in the mould of Franklin D. Roosevelt - he was not. According to Stephen Skowronek's leadership types, Obama was a "preemptive" president who had to make political concessions to the dominant conservative regime. Obama also failed in getting over the intense political polarization in Washington. His room for manoeuvre was especially limited in foreign policy where he continued to carry main elements of his predecessor's anti-terror strategy. Measured against a less heroic standard of transactional and incremental leadership, Obama still was a courageous, adaptive and effective president who knew how to use his administrative tools and personal resources. Obama's greatest political success was his handling of the Great Recession; his health care reform was a historic achievement, which will define his political legacy. Due to his outstanding rhetorical talent, the first black president of the United States was also an inspirational leader. In the long term, his personal integrity and moral example will probably increase the appreciation the 44th president enjoys in public and in political science.
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 2017, Vol 48, Issue 2, p397
- ISSN
0340-1758
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0340-1758-2017-2-397