Globalizing the Caribbean : political economy, social change, and the transnational capitalist class / Jeb Sprague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sprague, Jeb, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International business enterprises--Caribbean Area.

International business enterprises.

Globalization.

Capitalism.

Elite (Social sciences).

Caribbean Area--Economic conditions--1945-.

Caribbean Area.

Economic conditions.

Caribbean Area--Social conditions--1945-.

Social conditions.

Elite (Social sciences)--Caribbean Area.

Capitalism--Caribbean Area.

Globalization--Caribbean Area.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xix, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Globalising the Caribbean

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"The beautiful Caribbean basin is fertile ground for a study of capitalism past and present. Transnational corporations move money and labor around the region, as national regulations are reworked to promote conditions benefiting private capital. Globalizing the Caribbeanoffers a probing account of the region's experience of economic globalization while considering gendered and racialized social relations and the frequent exploitation of workers. Jeb Sprague focuses on the social and material nature of this new era in the history of world capitalism. He combines an historical overview of capitalism in the region with theoretical analysis backed by case studies. Sprague elaborates upon the role of class formation and the restructuring of local states. He considers both U.S. hegemony, and how various upsurges from below and crises occur. He examines the globalization of the cruise ship and mining businesses, looks at the growth of migrant labor and reverse flow of remittances, and describes the evolving role of export processing and supranational associations. In doing so, Sprague shows how transnationally oriented elites have come to rule the Caribbean, and how capitalist globalization in the region occurs alongside shifting political, institutional, and organizational dynamics"-- Provided by publisher.

"The most powerful forces in the Caribbean are not nations but transnational industries. This work of political economy charts the recent history of the region to show how a global capitalist class stays a step ahead of the domestic and international structures that aspire to both attract and regulate them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Caribbean and Global Capitalism p. 1

2 The Challenge of Understanding Social Formation in the Global Era p. 32

3 History of the Modern Caribbean p. 92

4 The Caribbean Cruise Ship Business and the Emergence of a Transnational Capitalist Class p. 123

5 Migration, Remittances, and Accumulation in the Globalizing Caribbean p. 148

6 Globally Competitive Export Processing and Exploitation in the Caribbean p. 179

7 From International to Transnational Mining: The Industry's Shifting Political Economy and the Caribbean p. 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sprague, Jeb, author. Globalizing the Caribbean

ISBN:

9781439916544

1439916543

OCLC:

1057376847