Development Political And Economic Difficulties In The Caribbean

Author : Ann Marie Bissessar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030029948
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development, Political, and Economic Difficulties in the Caribbean written by Ann Marie Bissessar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-23 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume focuses on the attempts of various Caribbean countries to diversify their economies and societies. It is done in the context of political and economic difficulties that these countries have faced since the 2007-2008 economic crash and how successful they have been in moving their economies in a different direction. The contributors use very distinct levels of analysis in order to provide a nuanced view of diversification efforts in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, the French Antilles, and the Dutch Antilles. The book will appeal to academic researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and everyone who is interested in the politics and development of the Caribbean region.

Author : Winston Dookeran
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317157753
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean written by Winston Dookeran and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Jean Grugel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1349239755
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin written by Jean Grugel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : M. Bishop
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137316101
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Caribbean Development written by M. Bishop and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Norman Girvan
Publisher : Canoe Press
ISBN 13 : 9789768125361
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poverty, Empowerment and Social Development in the Caribbean written by Norman Girvan and published by Canoe Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony Payne
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719009709
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dependency Under Challenge written by Anthony Payne and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Ransford W. Palmer
Publisher : Lanham, Md. : North-South Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Problems of Development in Beautiful Countries written by Ransford W. Palmer and published by Lanham, Md. : North-South Publishing Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of essays on economic development in the Commonwealth Caribbean - advocates industrial growth based on local level ownership as a means of employment creation to absorb the labour surplus; discusses the economic implications of industrialization, the emigration of skilled workers to the USA, choice of technology in agricultural mechanization, the role of USA, and dependence; considers the needs for regional development and a regional level bank in the Eastern Caribbean. Bibliography, statistical tables.

Author : Jay Mandle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136877592
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patterns of Caribbean Development written by Jay Mandle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Anthony T. Bryan
Publisher : University of Miami Iberian Studies Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Caribbean written by Anthony T. Bryan and published by University of Miami Iberian Studies Institute. This book was released on 1995 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Jay Mandle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136877533
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Persistent Underdevelopment written by Jay Mandle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996, this insightful and informative text examines the post-emancipation and recent economic history of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Jay R. Mandle offers an explanation of the region’s continuing underdevelopment. Through the use of an analytical framework derived from the works of Marx and Kuznets, the book focuses attention on technological change as the driving force behind economic modernization. Persistent Underdevelopment begins by exploring how plantation agriculture had a limiting effect on industrial growth. Ultimately, plantation dominance receded; technological stagnation continued, however, and, under British colonial policy the Caribbean failed to modernise. The post-World War II era brought new efforts at modernisation through the economic policies of the left regimes of Manley, Burnham and Bishop. The concluding chapters point the way to policies that would enable the Caribbean to escape its current poverty and become an effective participant in world markets, finally achieving the goal of modern economic development.