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Decolonization Models For America's Last Colony: Puerto Rico
Ang Collado Schwarz
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Description for Decolonization Models For America's Last Colony: Puerto Rico
Paperback. A case study for Puerto Rico as a sovereign country Num Pages: 336 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
The island of Puerto Rico suffers from a stagnant economy, devastating unemployment, and severely limited political autonomy. In this book, Collado- Schwarz addresses Puerto Rico’s more than a century-old relationship with the United States and presents compelling strategies for gaining independence. Through a series of interviews and newspaper columns, the author examines six countries similar in size to Puerto Rico that have all successfully navigated a course to sovereignty: Singapore, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Estonia, and Slovenia. Collado-Schwarz chronicles the political history of each country, the ways in which each achieved independence, and what lessons can be applied to Puerto ... Read more
The island of Puerto Rico suffers from a stagnant economy, devastating unemployment, and severely limited political autonomy. In this book, Collado- Schwarz addresses Puerto Rico’s more than a century-old relationship with the United States and presents compelling strategies for gaining independence. Through a series of interviews and newspaper columns, the author examines six countries similar in size to Puerto Rico that have all successfully navigated a course to sovereignty: Singapore, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Estonia, and Slovenia. Collado-Schwarz chronicles the political history of each country, the ways in which each achieved independence, and what lessons can be applied to Puerto ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815609636
SKU
V9780815609636
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About Ang Collado Schwarz
Angel Collado-Schwarz, CEO of Badillo, Nazca, Saatchi and Saatchi, is chairman of the board of the University of Puerto Rico Press and a trustee of New York City's Museo del Barrio. He hosts a weekly radio talk show that airs in Puerto Rico, New York City, and Chicago, and heads the Puerto Rico-based Fundacion Voces del Centro
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