Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Plebisciteâ€?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: 2000â€?2010
  • Obamaâ€?s 238 Minutes in Puerto Rico
  • The Thirty-Eighth Parallel and Commonwealth Status
  • Stagnation and the Lack of Indignados
  • Suggested Reading
  • Contributors
  • Index