Global Perspectives on US Democratization Efforts

Introduction .- Part I: US Democratization Efforts in General .- 1. US Soft Power, the Studies of the United States Institutes Program and Democratization in US Foreign Policy (1998-2014) by Daniel Anorve Anorve and Sally Burt .- Part II: US Democratization Efforts in Africa 2. Learning from the Curve: the Obama Administration’s Promotion of Democracy in Africa by Osaretin Idahosa .- 3. The US, Democratization and the Postcolonial States in sub-Saharan Africa: Development or Distortion? A Critical Appraisal by Peter S. Masumbe .- 4. United States and the Democratic Process in Cameroon from 1990 to 2013 by David Mokam .- 5. Labor Standards in Trade Preference Laws between the US and Africa  by Pawel Frankowski .- 6. The United States and Democratization in Nigeria: Issues, Strategies and Impacts by Mashood Omotosho .- Part III: US Democratization Efforts in the Middle East and the Balkans .- 7.The Fight forLibya: the Strength of Force, not of Oil by Funso Adesola .- 8. Effects of US Foreign Policy on Democratization Processes in the Republic of Macedonia: between Liberalism and Realism by Stojan Slaveski and Biljana Popovska .- Part IV: US Democratization Efforts in Latin America .- 9. Argentina and Brazil: the Role of the United States in their Democratic Transitions by Ignacio Liendo .- 10. The Role of the United States in the Promotion of Criminal Justice Reform in Mexico: the Case of Law Schools by Azul Aguiar-Aguilar and Jesus Ibarra-Cardenas .- Conclusion.