The Caribbean and the Wider World : Commentaries on My Life and Career.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntyre, Alister.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economists.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kingston : University of the West Indies Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book outlines McIntyre's extraordinary life and wide-ranging international career in diplomacy, politics and academia. It provides key perspectives on the development of Caribbean regional government and international institutions in the twentieth century.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface

SECTION 1 Building capacity

1 Growing up in Grenada

2 Early employment and initial political education

3 Education in the UK

SECTION 2 My academic career

4 University College of the West Indies, Mona campus, 1960–64

5 Teaching in the United States

6 UWI, St Augustine, 1964–67

7 UWI, Mona, 1967–74

SECTION 3 Working at regional and global levels

8 Working for the region

9 External economic relations of CARIFTA/CARICOM

10 Working at the United Nations

11 Other international activities

SECTION 4 Advisory work for national governments

12 Assignments in Trinidad and Tobago

13 Principal assignments in Jamaica

14 Assignments in other Caribbean countries

SECTION 5 Development of the University of the West Indies (UWI)

15 Vice-Chancellor, 1988–98

16 Very brief thoughts about the future

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Other Format:

Print version: McIntyre, Alister The Caribbean and the Wider World

ISBN:

9789766406356

9766406359

OCLC:

1412622518