Table Of ContentIMTIAZ 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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