The Political Economy Of Caribbean Development

Author : M. Bishop
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137316103

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The Political Economy of Caribbean Development by M. Bishop Pdf

Studies of the global political economy have rarely engaged with development in the Caribbean, the thought of its indigenous intellectuals, or the non-sovereign territories of the region. Matthew Bishop compares the development of the independent English-speaking islands of St Lucia and St Vincent and their non-sovereign French neighbours, Martinique and Guadeloupe. By explaining how distinctive patterns of British and French colonialism and decolonisation came to bear on them, he investigates how very different patterns of development have subsequently ensued, often with startling consequences in this era of globalization and crisis. By engaging with the empirical reality of the Caribbean, his study sheds light on a range of wider debates relating to development, indigenous thought, post-colonial sovereignty, small states, and the contemporary evolution of the global political economy.

Author : Anthony Payne,Paul K. Sutton
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 0719009707

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Dependency Under Challenge by Anthony Payne,Paul K. Sutton Pdf

Articles on development theory and the economic policy of dependence in the Commonwealth Caribbean - examines political developments in Jamaica (democratic socialism), Trinidad and Tobago (oil capitalism), Guyana, (cooperative socialism), and Grenada (the New Jewel Revolution); discusses regional level economic integration, industrial planning and CARICOM; studies international relations with USA, UK, EC, and Latin America; and the role of the Commonwealth Caribbean in a New International Economic Order. Map.

Author : Winston Dookeran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317157755

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Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean by Winston Dookeran Pdf

The Caribbean is made up of a complex, enigmatic region, characterised by great disparities in size, population, geography, history, language, religion, race and politics. This is a region in which harmony and discord work in tandem, trying to link economic logic with political logic. This book is a useful tool not only for those specialists and students of regionalism but for all those putting their hands to the task of nation-building and those interested in the development processes of small states and economies. At the same time, this book is a comprehensive historical record especially highlighting hindrances to development in this region. This study raises two important issues: the ’political imperative of convergence’ and the need for ’appropriate correcting mechanisms’ that align the needs of the local with the regional. It is a volume that underlines the need for a change in strategy and makes proposals as to how to go about making those changes.

Author : Anthony T. Bryan
Publisher : University of Miami Iberian Studies Institute
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822018947242

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The Caribbean by Anthony T. Bryan Pdf

Prominent Caribbean scholars and policy experts analyze the implications for the Caribbean of a world in transition. Issues are presented in a new international context, including prospects for Cuba and Haiti. The effects of external debt and structural adjustment are reviewed; likely benefits and hazards of development options such as trade liberalization, privatization, and foreign direct investment are probed. The evolving Caribbean business environment and the political dynamic between public and private sectors are described.The external challenges for the Caribbean presented by the possible disappearance of unilateral trade preferences in Europe and North America are studied in chapters advancing a post-Lome strategy and planning for increased regional competitiveness. Also highlighted are intra-Caribbean relations and integration and projections for the future of hemispheric cooperation.

Author : Jean Grugel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349239757

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Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin by Jean Grugel Pdf

This wide ranging thematic and comparative text analyses the origins and nature of the developmental and political crises of the region and the reasons for their recent intensification. It covers all the Central American states and the largest Caribbean island territories - Jamaica, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico - as well as Panama and Grenada, assessing their common experiences as small economies living in the shadow of the United States but also highlighting key differences.

Author : V. Barriteau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230508163

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The Political Economy of Gender in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean by V. Barriteau Pdf

Eudine Barriteau exposes the precarious position of women in twentieth century Caribbean societies through analyzing the operations of gender systems. She reveals the absence of gender justice and equity, and demonstrates that after twenty-five years of policies on women, Caribbean societies still have not confronted the fundamental problem of women's subordination and the conditions that maintain this. The strategies used by developing states to focus on women are criticised as inadequate and it is recommended that state and society pay more attention to understanding the lives of women.

Author : Anthony Payne,Paul Sutton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173008051746

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Charting Caribbean Development by Anthony Payne,Paul Sutton Pdf

This is an overarching account of Caribbean development within the framework of increasing globalization of the world economy. It charts the shifting politics of development within the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean during the last 40 years era of independence for most of these countries.

Author : Winston Dookeran
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781487529468

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The Caribbean on the Edge by Winston Dookeran Pdf

In a time of persistent uncertainty, fragile eco-structures, the politics of "populism," and limits in institutional leadership, The Caribbean on the Edge acts as an analytical roadmap to a challenging era of globalization for the countries on the edge of history in the Caribbean, those often at a policy standstill pondering which way and how to turn. Winston Dookeran traces ideas that have evolved in development and diplomacy over the last decade to identify the path for new analytical leadership. The Caribbean on the Edge deeply engages the political issues involved in development, governance, and diplomacy. Examining various schools of thought that influence policy choices, The Caribbean on the Edge discusses new approaches and risk factors that are aligned with the current realities in the region. Above all, this book is about the development of a new mindset that will usher in a radical shift in thinking, policy, and practice in order to unlock the paralysis of a Caribbean on the edge.

Author : Claude M. Jonnard
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781440194269

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Islands in the Wind by Claude M. Jonnard Pdf

England's former east Caribbean islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands have evolved as constitutional democracies with a mix of open market capitalism and socialist government oversight to shield their people from runaway private enterprise. These are unique achievements for small states fighting for survival in a world of mega power politics. They have against many odds tenaciously clung to their independence, have been able to hold their own in the international corridors of power and have even been successful in growing their economies. The problem is that in the approximately half century since these states have become self-governing, they have been unable to close their income gaps with their more industrialized trading and investment partners in North America, Europe and Asia. Why this income gap continues to exist and how it is being addressed are the issues addressed in this book. This book argues that this existing income inequality in the islands is a consequence of the unequal footing they suffered during the colonial era and is being prolonged by current economic policies and programs encouraged by their own governments in conjunction with those of their major trading partners.

Author : Nancy Birdsall,Ramesh Deosaran,Amos Tincani,Elena M. Suárez,Richard J. Bloomfield,Sarath Rajapatirana,Andrés Serbin,Alan K. Henrikson,Charles A.T. Skeete,Havelock R.H. Ross-Brewster,Karen S. Walch,Steven B. Bloomfield,Bertus J. Meins
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781886938076

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Choices and Change by Nancy Birdsall,Ramesh Deosaran,Amos Tincani,Elena M. Suárez,Richard J. Bloomfield,Sarath Rajapatirana,Andrés Serbin,Alan K. Henrikson,Charles A.T. Skeete,Havelock R.H. Ross-Brewster,Karen S. Walch,Steven B. Bloomfield,Bertus J. Meins Pdf

Fourteen essays by experienced political leaders, researchers and scholars examine the political economy and international relations of the Caribbean. Strategies for sustainable development include proposals to link productive structures among private sectors and increase institutional flexibility.

Author : D. Marshall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230389861

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Caribbean Political Economy at the Crossroads by D. Marshall Pdf

There are a variety of crisis symptoms confronting the Commonwealth Caribbean as the 21st century dawns. Global changes are quickly rendering the region's traditional economic platform obsolete. This book suggests however that the expanding NAFTA or the hemispheric turn towards bloc formation can offer a way out for the Caribbean. Politics must be brought back into the regionalisation process, for each island government is witnessing the narrowing of the range of its state power by powerful TNCs, international financial institutions, Washington interests, and corporate-backed WTO commissions.

Author : Belal Ahmed
Publisher : James Currey
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015038173038

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The Political Economy of Food and Agriculture in the Caribbean by Belal Ahmed Pdf

This text presents an analysis of the agricultural and food-producing sector of the English-speaking Caribbean island economies, set in historical perspective. It discusses the reasons for the relative decline of this sector, and the failure of policy proposals for its resuscitation. Issues examined include: the legacy of the plantation economy, which emphasizes luxury export crops over basic food production; the reliance on multinational donor funding for economic development, and the resulting manipulation of agricultural projects by such external agencies; and liberalization of the market economy leading to more underdevelopment of the region and dependence on the international market system.

Author : Jay Mandle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136877605

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Patterns of Caribbean Development by Jay Mandle Pdf

First published in 1982, this study attempts to put contemporary Caribbean development into historical perspective. By first constructing a Marxist framework for the study of development , Jay Mandle assesses the reasons why the region emerged underdeveloped and evaluates post-world-war two efforts to overcome the legacy of poverty through a strategy of "industrialization through invitation." Identifying the reasons why a Marxist framework yielded results which were unsatisfactory, the author then explores the requirements which must be met for a more reliable study of the Caribbean’s economic development. Case studies of Cuba, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago examine the extent to which these requirements have been met.

Author : Kari Levitt,Michael Witter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015047552297

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The Critical Tradition of Caribbean Political Economy by Kari Levitt,Michael Witter Pdf

Author : Kari Levitt
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789766371432

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Reclaiming Development by Kari Levitt Pdf

"For over 20 years, the developing world has been adjusting to the agendas of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In the 1990s, Structural Adjustment Programmes were repackaged and marketed as the coming of the golden age of globalisation, promising benefits to countries that adopt neo-liberal policies. Whether by convention or apparent absence of viable alternatives, Caribbean governments have been quick to implement policies of deregulation, liberalisation and privatisation. In this they have been supported by their intellectuals who have been equally quick in embracing globalisation and too ready to concede the end of national sovereignty. Kari Levitt argues that it is time to reclaim the right to development and the right of nations to engage in the international economy on their own terms. She advocates an international rule-based order which permits space for member countries to follow divergent paths to development according to their own philosophies, institutions, cultures and societal priorities. This book represents a historic sweep of Caribbean thought and personalities over the past 30 years drawn against the background of the changes in the international political economy. Whether in her collaboration with Lloyd Best on the Plantation Economy Model, her analyses of Debt and Adjustment, or her insistence on the right of sovereign nations to pursue their own development path, Kari Levitt remains consistent in her conviction that development, whether of individuals or nations, must be rooted in time and place and cannot be imposed by external prescription. "