@article{2017:horst:bilanz_der,
title = {Bilanz der Präsidentschaft Barack Obamas: kein transformativer, aber ein effektiver und mutiger Leader},
year = {2017},
note = {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 .},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {397--422},
author = {Horst, Patrick},
volume = {48},
number = {2}
}