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1 online resource (x, 257 pages) |
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Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; v. 100 |
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Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; v. 100.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Caribbean Sovereignty, Development and Democracy in an Ageof Globalization; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction: Sovereignty, Heterodoxy, and the Last Desperate Shibboleth of Caribbean Nationalism: Linden Lewis; Part I: Neoliberalism and the Paradox of Sovereigntyin the Caribbean; 1. Class, Power, Sovereignty: Haiti before and after the Earthquake: Alex Dupuy; 2. Transnational Capitalist Globalization and the Limits of Sovereignty: State, Security, Order, Violence, and the Caribbean: Hilbourne A. Watson |
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3. The Dissolution of the Myth of Sovereignty in the Caribbean: Linden Lewis4. Dependent Capitalism and the Challenge to Democracy and Sovereignty in the Caribbean: Anton L. Allahar; Part II: Arrested Development and the Cultural Turn; 5. The "Myth" of Development: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago: Dave Ramsaran; 6. Paradoxical Sovereignty: Imagining Caribbean Futures: Silvio Torres-Saillant; 7. Sovereignty/Intimacy: Political Openings in Contemporary Jamaica: Deborah A. Thomas; Part III:Caribbean Futures |
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8. Curaçaons on the Question of Home: The Lure of Autochthony and Its Alternatives: Francio Guadeloupe9. Nonsovereign Futures?: French Caribbean Politics in the Wake of Disenchantment: Yarimar Bonilla; 10. Jamaica on the Cusp of Fifty: Whither Nationalism and Sovereignty?: Brian Meeks; Afterword: Cary Fraser; About the Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Many of the nations of the Caribbean that have become independent states have maintained as a central, organizing, nationalist principle the importance in the beliefs of the ideals of sovereignty, democracy, and development. Yet in recent years, political instability, the relative size of these nations, and the increasing economic vulnerabilities of the region have generated much popular and policy discussions over the attainability of these goals. The geo-political significance of the region, its growing importance as a major transshipment gateway for illegal drugs coming from Latin Ameri |
| Notes |
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Democracy -- Caribbean Area
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Sovereignty.
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sovereignty.
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HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General.
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Democracy
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Economic policy
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics and government
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Sovereignty
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Internationalisatie.
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Economische ontwikkeling.
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Buitenlandse politiek.
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Caribbean Area -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Caribbean Area -- Economic policy
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Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020288
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Caribbean Area
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Caribisch gebied.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lewis, Linden
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| ISBN |
1136274332 |
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9781136274336 |
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9780203110317 |
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0203110315 |
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9781283973069 |
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1283973065 |
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9781136274329 |
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1136274324 |
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