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Japan, I relied on an academic who served as my partner in some of the research. The challenges that arose in this partnership are the same ones that apply to coauthoring: varying time commitments and pace of work, different senses of what is needed, and so on. As these are well known, here I focus on the process and challenges of hiring students. For each case study, I contacted people I knew or that friends knew who could recommend students to me. By accident more than on purpose, three different kinds of students assisted me. In Brazil, I worked with graduate students who researched Brazilian politics and were very plugged-in to the politics and society of Brasilia. In South Korea, I was referred to a couple of students who were finishing their graduate work in interpretation. In Chile, I worked with two advanced undergraduate students who were from families steeped in politics. Each group of students …