Introduction to Caribbean politics / by Cynthia Barrow-Giles
- Author
- Barrow-Giles, Cynthia
- Published
- Kingston [Jamaica] : Ian Randle Publishers, 2002.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 292 pages)
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- Contents
- Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Imperialism: Colonialism, Neo-colonialism and Recolonisation -- Introduction -- Sovereignty -- Imperialism -- Colonialism -- Race/racism and political systems in the region up to the mid-twentieth century -- Neo-colonialism -- The politics of structural adjustment: the International Monetary Fund and structural adjustment in the region -- The International Monetary Fund, Liberalisation and Jamaica -- Structural adjustment: the case of Barbados -- Structural adjustment and the trade union movement, The new international economic and political order: contextualising the present order -- The North American Free Trade Agreement -- Likely effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Caribbean countries -- Globalisation and cultural imperialism -- GATT, the WTO and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment: Recolonisation? -- Key words and phrases -- Questions to consider -- Activities -- Readings -- Suggestions for further reading -- Chapter 2 Struggles of the Working Class People -- Introduction -- Background to the 1930s political crisis, General labour conditions in the British West Indies -- Other dynamics affecting labour conditions in the British West Indies -- The Moyne Commission Report -- Summary of recommendations from the Moyne Commission Report -- A brief assessment of the Moyne Commission Report -- The colonial and imperial design for the nationalist movement -- Key words and phrases -- Questions to consider -- Activities -- Readings -- Suggestions for further reading -- Chapter 3 The Politics of Constitutional Decolonisation and the Westminster Model -- Introduction -- Democracy -- Main assumptions of liberal democracy, Participation or imposition? -- Constitutional decolonisation in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- The Westminster model in the region -- Modifications or transformation? -- Parliamentary vs presidential systems of government -- Key words and phrases -- Questions to consider -- Activities -- Readings -- Suggestions for further reading -- Chapter 4 Party Systems and Electoral Politics in the Region -- Introduction -- What is a political party? -- Political parties in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- Electoral politics in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- Summary -- Key words and phrases, and Questions to consider -- Activities -- Readings -- Suggestions for further reading -- Chapter 5 Trade unionism in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- Introduction -- Origin and development of trade unions -- Global changes, international restructuring and Caribbean trade unions -- The Caribbean state and labour -- Key words and phrases -- Questions to consider -- Activities -- Readings -- Suggestions for further reading -- Chapter 6 The Politics of Change -- Introduction: background to the 1960s and 1970s -- Theory of the non-capitalist path to development
- Subject(s)
- Labor unions—Caribbean, English-speaking
- Regionalism—Caribbean, English-speaking
- Syndicats—Antilles anglophones
- Régionalisme—Antilles anglophones
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Essays
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Government—General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Government—National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Reference
- International economic integration
- International economic relations
- Labor unions
- Politics and government
- Regionalism
- Einführung
- Politik
- Caribbean, English-speaking—Politics and government
- Caribbean, English-speaking—Foreign economic relations
- Caribbean, English-speaking—Economic integration
- Antilles anglophones—Relations économiques extérieures
- Antilles anglophones—Intégration économique
- English-speaking Caribbean Area
- Westindien
- ISBN
- 9789766378073 (electronic bk.)
976637807X (electronic bk.)
9766370494
9789766370497 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-292).
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