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IMTIAZ HUSSAIN TRANSATLANTIC TRANSITIONS Back to the Global Future? Global Political Transitions Series editors Imtiaz Hussain Independent University of Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Finn Laursen University of Southern Denmark Odense, Denmark Leonard Sebastian RSiS, Nanyang Technological University Singapore The series publishes books dealing with important political changes within states and in relations between states. The two key questions it seeks to answer are: to what extent are countries becoming more democratic/liberal, and to what extent are inter-state/inter-regional relations creating/ demanding new ‘governance’ arrangements? The series editors encourage submissions which explore local issues (where the local could be a state, society, region) having global consequences (such as regionally, internationally, or multilaterally), or vice versa, global developments (such as terrorism, recession, WTO/IMF rulings, any democratic snowball, like the Third Wave, Fourth Wave, and so forth) triggering local consequences (state responses; fringe group reactions, such as ISIS; and so forth). More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/15583 Imtiaz Hussain Transatlantic Transitions Back to the Global Future? Imtiaz Hussain Independent University of Bangladesh Global Studies & Governance Program Dhaka, Bangladesh ISSN 2522-8730 ISSN 2522-8749 (electronic) Global Political Transitions ISBN 978-981-10-6607-8 ISBN 978-981-10-6608-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6608-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017962097 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. 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The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21- 01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore To my Mother… …a heart of gold, and a solid soulmate! P reface Four professional developmental streams converged to produce this book. The first was simply a childhood West European interest. Though it was capped by a Master’s degree and a PhD minor on the region, that inter- est just could not be converted into a book on Europe. A simultaneous surge in North American dynamics entailed completing a PhD disserta- tion on postwar US trade politics, exploring the emergent North American Free Trade Agreement, and relocating to Mexico (for 20 years). Only a resolution to retire with a book on Europe resulted in this project. This third stream conjoined with a fourth: Palgrave Macmillan’s invitation to open a series on Global Political Transitions as editor. Although still not wholeheartedly European, the book’s transatlantic anchor meshes the two continents responsible for my intellectual growth—while launching that series. Dhaka, Bangladesh Imtiaz Hussain vii a cknowledgments I am grateful to many Palgrave Macmillan editors, beginning with Brian O’Connor in the New York office four years ago, but continuing chrono- logically with Sarah Crowley Vigneau, Jacob Dryer, Vishal Daryanomel, and Ben Bailey, among others, for keeping the book and series on track. They were graciously augmented by Anushangi Weerakoon, on the one hand, and Mani Vipinkumar’s well-honed production team, on the other. Finn Laursen and Leonard Sebastian, my fellow series coeditors, gracefully strengthen our common platform, as too Ambra Finotello and Chris Robinson in charting our pathways. Implicitly or explicitly, directly or indirectly, several colleagues chipped in for both this publication and series initiation: Roberto Dominguez, Anil Hira, Edward Mansfield, Mark Pollack, and Joaquin Roy. It was vir- tually impossible to veer off-course due to the constant and prolonged support of Vickie Marre Karasic and Anu Vedantham in Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania. My deep appreciation goes to each and all of the above. Last, but not least, the many fellow panelists, chair persons, and reviewers in the multiple conferences over two-odd decades, where bits and pieces of this volume were presented, remain more than unsung heroes/heroines for their inputs. Although too many to list here or even remember, they are testimony to why scholarship is (and must remain) so resilient. ix x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Omissions, errors, and commissions are mine alone, but for every breath, word, and sentiment that went into the book, I am most grateful to the one person this book is dedicated to, an unbeknownst transatlantic and globalizing springboard. January 11, 2018 Imtiaz Hussain Bashundhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh c ontents 1 Introduction: Transatlantic Hues and Paradigmatic Cues 1 2 Southern Transatlantic Flows: Silver Bullets 29 3 Transatlantic Settlers, Slaves, and Courtyard Knaves: Telescoping Space 51 4 Central America in Transatlantic Transactions: Global Commodity Central? 75 5 North-South Transatlantic Trajectories: Comparative South American Experiences 121 6 Muslims in the ‘Transatlantic’ Zone: Differing Stripes? 157 7 Transatlantic Democracy: Of Soft Contenders 185 8 Conclusions: Transitions and the ‘Transatlantic’ Playground 217 Bibliography 231 Index 253 xi
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