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The continuities from U.S. colonialism through 'embedded' liberalism to neoliberalism are visible in distinct forms of discipline, freedom, and choice in the lives of Puerto Rican public school teachers. Historically shifting, but momentarily singular, representations of the good teacher use gender and class ideologies to promote ideals of disciplined uniformity, democratic social service, and disciplined individuality. A sweep of Puerto Rican history across the American Century, coupled with the details of daily life in Puerto Rican public schools, offers a view about what choice means when the conditions for choosing emerge from the neoliberal prescriptions of the 'new imperialism' [education reform, empire, imperialism, neoliberalism, Puerto Rico, teachers]

INTRODUCTION The presidential election between Albert Gore and George W. Bush in 2000 provided an interesting lesson on voting in America. The closeness of the race (1) highlighted the importance [...]

This article provides a comparative analysis of economic and political policies in Ireland, Puerto Rico and Singapore, focusing on the constraints of the global economy on smaller economies pursuing foreign direct investment to develop export-orientated industrialization (EOI). The ability of governments to meet labor requirements for EOI is believed to be necessary for its success; low wages and labor peace are requirements achieved through labor control policies and repression, which are dominated by political control rather than economic motivation.

An analysis is presented on the conflicting ideologies within America's attempt to democratize Puerto Rico at the end of the 19th century. Topics include political and ethnic identities, social mutability and evolution, and colonial self-criticism.

American colonial rule and political education in Puerto Rico and the Philippines are discussed. Topics include colonial projects and the chains of American empire, military rule, civil rule, Congressional control over commerce, political education in the Philippines, and the situation in Puerto Rico.

Cape Verde, a former colony of Portugal, and Puerto Rico, share significant similarities. Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Puerto Rican independence movement in the 1930s, met many of the challenges encountered by Amilcar Cabral, Cape Verde's liberator, in the 1970s.

The Spanish-American War - or, more appropriately, the Spanish-Cuban-American-Philippine-Puerto-Rican War was a product of both U.S. expansionism and the decadence of the Spanish empire. The U.S. ruling class had occupied [...]