The Global Obama (eBook, PDF)

Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century
Redaktion: Sharma, Dinesh; Gielen, Uwe P.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Global Obama examines the president's image in five continents and more than twenty countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134496259
• Artikelnr.: 40296699

Autorenporträt

Dinesh Sharma is the author of Barack Obama in Hawaii and Indonesia: The Making of a Global President, which was rated as the Top 10 Black History Book for 2012 by the American Library Association. He is a regular columnist for Asia Times Online, The Global Intelligence, and a contributor to Al Jazeera English, Eastern Eye, News Blaze and many other news websites. Currently, he is an Associate Research Professor (Hon.) at the Institute for Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Research, New York, and a Host and Producer at Princeton TV. He has consulted in the healthcare industry for almost ten years for Fortune 500 clients, while he authored or edited six books and hundreds of peer-reviewed, scientific as well as journalistic articles. His other books or monographs include: Psychoanalysis, Culture and Religion (2014); Human Technogenesis: Cultural Pathways through the Information Age (2004); Childhood, Family and Sociocultural Change in India (2003); Socioemotional Development Across Cultures (1998). He earned a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University and Doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University. Uwe P. Gielen is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for International and Cross-Cultural Psychology at St. Francis College, New York. He is the editor of some 20 books including (with Roy Moodley and Rosa Wu) Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy in an International Context (2013) and (with Michael Stevens) Toward a Global Psychology: Theory, Research, Intervention, and Pedagogy (2007). He earned a Master's degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University and a Doctorate in Social Psychology from Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Obama as a Global Leader 1. Obama's Adventures in Globalization D.
Sharma, U.P. Gielen 2. President Obama and American Exceptionalism: Is the
U.S. an Indispensable Nation in a Multipolar World? G.W. Streich, K Marrar
3. Obama's Leadership in the Era of Globalization: A Critical Examination
R.S. Bhagat, A.S. McDevitt, M. Shin, B.N. Srivastava, D.L. Ford 4. Barack
Obama and Inclusive Leadership in Engaging Followership E. Hollander Part
II: Africa 5. Obama, Hillary, and Women's Voices D. Sharma 6. Afro-Optimism
from Mahatma Gandhi to Barack Obama: A Tale of Two Prophecies A. Mazrui 7.
African Diasporas, Immigration, and the Obama Administration P. T. Zeleza,
C. Veney Part III: The Americas 8. Love as Distraction: Canadians, Obama,
and African- Canadian Political Invisibility R. Walcott 9. Changing Times
and Economic Cycles: President Obama - the Southern Continent, Mexico, and
the Caribbean E. Moncarz, R. Moncarz Part IV: Europe 10. Is Obamamania over
in Europe? A. Kalaitzidis 11. Obama's French Connection D. Morrison 12. A
Relationship of Hope and Misinterpretation: Germany and Obama T. Cieslik
Part V: The Middle East and Israel 13. Arab Images of Obama and the United
States: An Egyptian R. Ahmed 14. Obama, Iran, and the New Great Game in
Eurasia P. Escobar 15. Great Disappointments in the Arab World during
Obama's First Term M. Masad Part VI: Asia-Pacific Region16. Bent by History
in Afghanistan A. Munoz 17. Between Popularity and Pragmatism: South
Korea's Perspectives on Obama's First Term M. Maass 18. The Chinese View of
President Obama B. Shobert 19. Radical Manhood and Traditional Masculinity:
Japanese Acknowledgements for Literary Obama E. Senaha Part VII: Conclusion
20. A View from Israel: A Critical Commentary of Obama's Leadership Style
D. Efune 21. A Commentary from South Africa: Commentary S. Cooper 22.
Obama's Leadership Paradigm in India: A Personal Reflection S. Singh
23.President Obama: A Commentary From Russia E. Osin 24. America's Asian
Century: A Mirage or Reality? D. Sharma