Dispatches from the Frontlines

Preface
Part I. Around the World
Chapter 1: Introductory Notes on Travel, Research, and Study Abroad
Chapter 2: The Marginalization of Latin America
Chapter 3: The Latin Americanization of the United States
Chapter 4: The United States and Europe
Chapter 5: Asia and America
Chapter 6: Europe’s Regions
Chapter 7: Perspectives on Iraq
Chapter 8: Greece—Turkey—the Greek Islands—Cyprus
Chapter 9: African Democracy. By Ann P. Kryzanek
Chapter 10: Crisis in Eastern Europe
Chapter 11: “Honduras” as Metaphor
Chapter 12: Russia in an Ugly Mood
Chapter 13: Is Democracy Advancing, Regressing, or Being Redefined: Exploring: Alternative Meanings in Latin America
Chapter 14: The Baltics Endangered
Chapter 15: Brazil as a BRIC
Chapter 16: European Welfare States and American Health Care Reform
Chapter 17: Religion, Security, and the Future of Latin America
Part II. Global Issues
Chapter 18: Globalization
Chapter 19: Corporatism in the Modern World
Chapter 20: The Candidates and their Foreign Policy Teams
Chapter 21: Civil Society
Chapter 22: Smarter Democracy Promotion
Chapter 23: Economic Crisis and the State
Chapter 24: Conservative Braintrust: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of AEI (The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research)
Chapter 25: Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Foreign Policy
Chapter 26: Nation-Building
Chapter 27: Divided America
Chapter 28: Obama Foreign Policy
Chapter 29: The Democracy Agenda: When it Works and When it Doesn’t
Part III. The Legacy of Colonialism: The Portuguese and Dutch Colonial Empires
Chapter 30: The Legacy of Portuguese Rule in Asia: Reasserting Influence in the Post-Colonial Era
Chapter 31: The Dutch Diaspora: The Netherlands and Its Settlements in Africa, Asia, and the Americas
Chapter 32: Concluding Remarks on Favorite Places and Ongoing Research
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