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PROMOTING POLYARCHY: GLOBALIZATION, U.S. INTERVENTION, AND HEGEMONY

by William I. Robinson
© Cambridge University Press 1996

Truth is always revolutionary -- Antonio Gramsci

To Amaru and Tamara: question everything, seek out the truth, and live that truth.

Table of Contents

• Inside Cover
• Acknowledgments
• List of acronyms and abbreviations
• Introduction. From East-West to North-South: US intervention in the "new world order"
• 1. From "straight power concepts" to "persuasion" in US foreign policy
• 2. Political operations in US foreign policy
• 3. The Philippines: "Molded in the image of American democracy"
• 4. Chile: Ironing out "a fluke of the political system"
• 5. Nicaragua: From low-intensity warfare to low-intensity democracy
• 6. Haiti: The "practically insolvable problem" of establishing consensual domination
• 7. Conclusions: The future of polyarchy and global society
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• Index