Elections and governance, Jamaica on the global frontier : the Independence Years 1962 to 2016 / Errol Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Errol, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Jamaica.

Elections.

Jamaica--Politics and government--1962-.

Jamaica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (565 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

Elections and Governance - Jamaica on the Global Frontier is presented in two books: The Colonial Years, 1663 to 1962 (available in 2023) and The Independence Years, 1962 to 2016, available in hardback, paperback and on amazon.com. Together they sketch elections and governance in Jamaica as a colony within the British Empire and as a nation-state from 1663 to 2016.The Colonial Years documents repeated failure of oligarchic governance, the triumph of the excluded marginal majority in achieving universal adult suffrage, the fear of despotism by all, and the creation of a two-party parliamentary democracy.The Independence Years, 1962 to 2016 chronicles how the nation-state has struggled with its colonial history. It highlights the dilemma of winner-take-all governance; the inherent flaws of democracy in its umbilical connection with elections, in that elected representatives can constitutionally and legally appropriate the sovereign power of the people; and outlines Jamaica's unique attempt to resolve the paradox sustained so far by the electorate and elected representatives.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Contents

List of Tables

PRELUDE

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

The Birth of the Jamaican Nationand Its Antecedents

Falsehoods, Gerrymandering,Boycotts, and State of Emergency

The Inherent Flaws of Democracy:Jamaica's Unique Remedy

The EAC in Its Infancy: JamaicanDemocracy Tested to Its Core

Positive Consequences ofComplacency, Division, and a BattleRoyal over Politicians on the EACand on Consensus

The NDM, Beta Tests of EACInventions, and the ReputationalCost to Selected EAC Members

Engaging the People in theNitty-Gritty of Electoral Reform

The EAC, 2002-2006: Achieving ItsMission and Causing Its Demise

The Transition to the ElectoralCommission: The 2007 GeneralElections and the Dual Citizen Saga

Advancing Electoral Reformand Contending with theBastions of Power

The 2011 General Elections andContinued Assault on the ECJ

Jamaica's Unique DemocracySustained by Factions Supportingthe ECJ

Disillusioned Liberals, the2016 General Elections, and USComparisons

Consolidating Electoral Reforms andExpanding Jamaica's Zeitgeist ofGovernance

Paradoxical Global Rankings,Existing in the Orbit of US, andFreedoms as Choices

A Fresh Blasphemy for GodlySociety and Bread

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Miller, Errol Elections and Governance: the Independence Years

ISBN:

9789768286741

9768286741

OCLC:

1381713784