Global Perspectives on US Democratization Efforts

Sally Burt is Adjunct Lecturer at University of New South Wales, Australia. Her publications include At the President’s Pleasure (2015), chapters in China and Burma in Hot Spot Histories: Asia and Oceania (2008), and Global Perspectives on US Foreign Policy (2013).Daniel Añorve Añorve is Professor of Political Studies at Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico. He is the coordinator of the Political Studies Master’s Program. He is co-editor of the book Global Perspectives on US Foreign Policy (2013).

• Introduction .- Part I: US Democratization Efforts in General .- 1. US Soft Power, the Studies of the United States Institutes Program and Democratization in US Foreign Policy (1998-2014) by Daniel Anorve Anorve and Sally Burt .- Part II: US Democratization Efforts in Africa 2. Learning from the Curve: the Obama Administration’s Promotion of Democracy in Africa by Osaretin Idahosa .- 3. The US, Democratization and the Postcolonial States in sub-Saharan Africa: Development or Distortion? A Critical Appraisal by Peter S. Masumbe .- 4. United States and the Democratic Process in Cameroon from 1990 to 2013 by David Mokam .- 5. Labor Standards in Trade Preference Laws between the US and Africa  by Pawel Frankowski .- 6. The United States and Democratization in Nigeria: Issues, Strategies and Impacts by Mashood Omotosho .- Part III: US Democratization Efforts in the Middle East and the Balkans .- 7.The Fight forLibya: the Strength of Force, not of Oil by Funso Adesola .- 8. Effects of US Foreign Policy on Democratization Processes in the Republic of Macedonia: between Liberalism and Realism by Stojan Slaveski and Biljana Popovska .- Part IV: US Democratization Efforts in Latin America .- 9. Argentina and Brazil: the Role of the United States in their Democratic Transitions by Ignacio Liendo .- 10. The Role of the United States in the Promotion of Criminal Justice Reform in Mexico: the Case of Law Schools by Azul Aguiar-Aguilar and Jesus Ibarra-Cardenas .- Conclusion.