Decolonization models for America's last colony : Puerto Rico : radio interviews with Francisco Catalá-Oliveras and Juan Lara / Ángel Collado-Schwarz.

"Originally published in Spanish as Soberanías exitosas: Seis modelos para el desarrollo económico de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico: La Voz del Centro, 2008; 3rd ed., 2010)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Maps -- Introduction to the 2011 English Edition -- Introduction to the Third Edition (2010) -- Introduction to the First Edition (2008) -- General Note -- Part I: A Brief History of Puerto Rico -- Part 2: Interviews -- Successful Sovereignties -- Singapore -- Slovenia -- Ireland -- Israel -- New Zealand -- Estonia -- Part 3: Comparative Tables -- Part 4: Newspaper Columns by Dr. Ã?ngel Collado-Schwarz -- Federal Laws Mean Hardships for Puerto Rican Consumers -- China and Latin America

The Visits of Five Presidents, a Pope, and a KingThe Bride Refuses to Marry -- Ireland Is Stealing Our Cookies -- Puerto Rico: An Archipelago Without Fresh Seafood? -- The Bahamas, Small Yet Sovereign -- The Spirit of Bangalore -- The Neglect of Solar Energy -- An Agricultural Country Without Agriculture -- Violence, Mental Health, and Status -- Sovereign Gardens -- Alaskan Statehood -- The Most Exclusive Club in the World -- Sovereignty for Development -- A Quarter-Century Lost -- The Bankers Club and Puerto Rico -- Drug Traffi cking and the Feds

A Federal Plebiscite�so Close Yet so FarThe Territorial Clause Versus Sovereignty -- The Experts and the Territorial Clause -- The Hispanic Effect and Statehood -- The Flight of the Pharmaceuticals and Commonwealth -- JOBS, JOBS, JOBS . . . -- Asia Headed Toward the Lead -- A Decade Lost: 2000�2010 -- Obama�s 238 Minutes in Puerto Rico -- The Thirty-Eighth Parallel and Commonwealth Status -- Stagnation and the Lack of Indignados -- Suggested Reading -- Contributors -- Index

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