| Outside Looking in: An African Perspective on American Pluralistic Society Contributor(s): Apraku, Kofi K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275942074 ISBN-13: 9780275942076 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1996 Annotation: Mr. Apraku gives the reader an outsider's analysis of the good and bad elements that make up the U.S. The author, a Ghanian who has spent the last 18 years studying and teaching in the U.S., brings his personal experiences as an emigre to this examination of American capitalism and democracy. He looks at the strengths and weaknesses inherent in the American democratic system. Many non-Westerners, including Africans, do not know enough about the western democracy of the American economic system they are being asked to adopt as a panacea to their economic, political, and social problems. This book should be especially appealing to scholars in international and economic development, developmental economics, political economics, and African studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| LCCN: 94012349 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Series: New Europe: Interdisciplinary |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mr. Apraku gives the reader an outsider's analysis of the good and bad elements that make up the U.S. The author, a Ghanian who has spent the last 18 years studying and teaching in the U.S., brings his personal experiences as an emigr to this examination of American capitalism and democracy. He looks at the strengths and weaknesses inherent in the American democratic system. Many non-Westerners, including Africans, do not know enough about the western democracy of the American economic system they are being asked to adopt as a panacea to their economic, political, and social problems. This book should be especially appealing to scholars in international and economic development, developmental economics, political economics, and African studies. |