Barack Obama, the aloha zen president : how a son of the 50th state may revitalize America based on 12 multicultural principles
Obama extols Hawai'i's multicultural ethos, describing how a normative, problem-solving mindset predicated on mutual respect and harmonious interchange is inculcated in the culture, politics, and society of the Islands. This book examines Obama's decisions as an adult and as president and shows how they are linked to the culture of Hawai'i and Obama's multicultural life as a child. It also describes the ways in which native Hawaiians were dispossessed of their sovereignty and their land, how they steadfastly sought justice, and how their quest served as a model for Obama's mobilization of support for his candidacy
Print Book, English, ©2011
Praeger, Santa Barbara, Calif., ©2011