Barack Obama, The Aloha Zen President: How a Son of the 50th State May Revitalize America Based on 12 Multicultural Principles

Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 18
1. Multicultural Barack Obama......Page 26
2. History of the Struggles of the Peoples of the Islands......Page 68
3. Public Opinion and Cultural Values......Page 102
4. The Multilingual State......Page 116
5. The Media: A Mixed Plate......Page 130
6. The Emergence of Local Literature......Page 146
7. Hawai\'i Calls: Musics of the Islands......Page 170
8. Electoral Politics: Post-Racial?......Page 190
9. The Strength of Organized Labor......Page 222
10. Social Structure and Social Mobility......Page 236
11. Multiculturalizing Elementary and Secondary Education......Page 256
12. A University Searching for Identity......Page 284
13. Crime and Justice without Profiling......Page 310
14. Political Economy and Contemporary Social Struggles......Page 324
15. The Communitarian Pragmatist President......Page 346
Appendix: The Aloha Spirit Law......Page 388
References......Page 390
Abbreviations......Page 432
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 436
Index......Page 440