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Democratic Civic Education and Political Leadership: Case of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Duchel Sin 1

1중앙선거관리위원회

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The objective of this paper is to examine the background and factors that enabled an ordinary physicist from East Germany to successfully lead the difficult task of economic reforms during a long-term recession under the complicated political structure of the Grand Coalition. In addition, by analyzing Merkel's leadership, the paper aims to consider how political leadership can be applied to democratic citizenship education. The focus will be on an empirical analysis of how Merkel's political leadership is influenced by certain personal tendencies and characteristics, and exerted by various institutional factors and political elements. Specifically, the subjects of analysis are the five individual factors listed below, but future studies on Merkel's leadership should add "German political, economic, and social factors" and "international environment," and be conducted in view of the interrelationships between the various factors. The chart below shows an analysis of Chancellor Angela Merkel's political leadership. The next are used in studies on the political leadership of Chancellor Merkel and for leadership education, which is an important part of the democratic citizenship education. - Since the background of a political leader has a great influence in the way the leader exerts leadership and makes policy decisions, attention should be given to systematically teaching empirical analysis and understanding regarding a person’s centered approach. - Becoming a political leader is not attained merely through luck, but requires systemic training and accumulation of experiences. Thus, it is important to incorporate this in developing political leadership programs. - Political leadership is exerted through complex interrelationships in a balance of different political powers, and this implies that it is useful to amass knowledge and on-scene experiences regarding power relationships, political groups, and political processes in the early stages of leadership programs in citizenship education.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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