Arnold August, Chapter 2

Supplements to Chapter 2

The American Dream, Indigenous Peoples and Slavery

The U.S. War of Independence: A Power Struggle Between the Thirteen Colonies, Britain and France?

Property, Liberalism and Co-Optation

Rejection of Rousseau’s Enlightened Collectivism in Favour of Locke’s Individualism

The Origins of U.S. Liberalism and Contemporary Democracy

Fear of the Majority and Pluralism as Cornerstones of Exclusion

The Constituent Assembly for the New Constitution: The Vast Majority Disenfranchised

Democracy and Vesting Sovereignty in the People

A Blind Spot for U.S. Indigenous Peoples’ Collectivism

The Origins and Development of U.S. Democracy Promotion

Appropriating U.S.-Centrism for Itself

The Manifest Destiny of the U.S. and Beyond to World War II

Shaping Global Superiority Abroad and Elections at Home

Obama’s Funding and Endorsements by the Wealthy Elite

The International and Domestic Credibility Gap Facing Democracy in the U.S. Before the 2008 Presidential Elections

The Early Evolution of Obama’s Personal American Dream

What Obama Did Not Like About Malcolm X

The Making of a “New Face” for Democracy in the U.S. and Abroad

Competitive Democracy Goes Far: Manipulation of Race

Obama and Cuba: The Danger of the “Failed Policy” Concept

Change in Washington and Relations with Latin America: The Sharp Edge of Resistance Slightly Blunted

Obama and the Military Coup d’État in Honduras

Some Initial Reflections on the Occupy Movement

The Occupy Movement and Democracy in Motion

Michelle Obama: The Obesity Concern and Military Recruitment

The Red Herring in Two-Party Politics and the Danger of Fascism

The following articles and commentaries on the U.S. are not cited in the book. They are included as supplements to Chapter 2.

Brazil: Democracy, Libya, Selective History and the African-American President

Obama in Chile: Pinochet and Cuba

El Salvador and the Assassination of Monsignor Romero: Past and Present

The Obama U.K. Visit and “Shared History”

U.S. Democracy and Polish Experience for Joint Export

Military Recruitment of Youth With a New Façade