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Decolonization in St. Lucia [electronic resource] : politics and global neoliberalism, 1945-2010 / Tennyson S.D. Joseph.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joseph, Tennyson S. D.
- Series:
- Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
- Caribbean studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decolonization--Saint Lucia--History.
- Decolonization.
- Neoliberalism--Saint Lucia--History.
- Neoliberalism.
- Globalization--Political aspects--Saint Lucia--History.
- Globalization.
- Saint Lucia--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Saint Lucia.
- Saint Lucia--Politics and government--20th century.
- Saint Lucia--Politics and government--21st century.
- Saint Lucia--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tennyson S. D. Joseph builds upon current research on the anticolonial and nationalist experience in the Caribbean. He explores the impact of global transformation upon the independent experience of St. Lucia and argues that the island's formal decolonization roughly coincided with the period of the rise of global neoliberalism hegemony. Consequently, the concept of ""limited sovereignty"" became the defining feature of St. Lucia's understanding of the possibilities of independence. Central to the analysis is the tension between the role of the state as a facilitator of domestic aspirations on
- Contents:
- Conceptual issues : sovereignty, nationalism, and independence in the era of global neoliberalism
- Tentative anticolonialism : implications for decolonization under globalization, 1940-1970
- The politics of St. Lucian decolonization, 1970-1982
- St. Lucia under global neoliberal hegemony, 1982-1990
- Deepening globalization and the unmaking of the postcolonial order, 1990-1997
- Global neoliberalism and the Left agenda, 1997-2006
- "Sovereignty for sale" : domestic politics and international relations in the early twenty-first century, 2006-2010.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-24473-X
- 9786613244734
- 1-61703-118-6
- OCLC:
- 749264566
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