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DOI: 10.15503/jecs20162.247.261 Barack Obama – the new charismatic political actor – a discourse analysis
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Introduction “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. :HDUHWKHRQHVZH·YHEHHQZDLWLQJIRU:HDUHWKHFKDQJHWKDWZHVHHNµ –Barack Obama.
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