Living at the borderlines : issues in Caribbean sovereignty and development / edited by Cynthia Barrow-Giles and Don D. Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barrow-Giles, Cynthia, editor.

Marshall, Don D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Caribbean Area.

Globalization.

International economic relations.

Sovereignty.

Caribbean Area--Politics and government.

Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--Economic conditions.

Caribbean Area--Foreign economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 554 pages)

Place of Publication:

Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The idea that the Caribbean could be devolving downward in wealth, function and sovereignty has become a recurrent theme in both academic and popular literature. By focusing on some of the current issues facing Caribbean nation states, the editors and contributors to this volume hope to inform and contribute to the ongoing debate on the broad themes of Sovereignty and Development and the prospects for survival of Caribbean nation states in a globalised world.While some of the papers seek to describe and analyse the range and complexity of the challenge to national sovereignty and public policy autonomy, others focus on issues relating to small country size, gender and ethnic tensions, security, constitutional reform and regional integration. The result is a balanced perspective; the contributors do not gloss over the problem faced by the region. At the same time they do not present a hyper-pessimistic picture of Caribbean development prospects.What gives the collection a particular dynamism is the way in which the authors have challenged the terrain of political possibilities traditionally defined for small peripheral socities

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789766378288

9766378282