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1 online resource (viii, 203 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction: Social living -- Explorations in new Caribbean thought -- Jamaica in a time of neo-liberal infatuation -- Imagining the future -- Conclusion: Solidarity |
Summary |
Employing critical analysis of Caribbean intellectual thought and of the postcolonial political economy, Brian Meeks sets about proposing a manifesto for the future. What emerges is a programme for the medium term, which is pragmatic in its efforts to deal with the current crisis without engaging in the romanticism of an all-encompassing revolutionary transformation. Meeks suggests a form of participatory reorganization without, necessarily, dismantling the fundamentals of formal democratic organization. Particular emphasis is placed on rural agro-producers because their empowerment, politically and economically, resolves the problem of elite domination while creating the conditions for economic democracy. He argues, finally, that the proposals can become the basis for a more fundamental social and intellectual transformation from, following Sylvia Wynter, "man" to "human," based on democracy, community and solidarity |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Postmodernism -- Jamaica
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Democracy -- Jamaica
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Political culture -- Jamaica
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Democracy.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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Political culture.
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Politics and government.
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Postmodernism.
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Social conditions.
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SUBJECT |
Jamaica -- Politics and government -- 1962- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069318
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Jamaica -- Economic conditions
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Jamaica -- Economic policy
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Jamaica -- Social conditions
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Jamaica.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9766402000 |
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9789766402006 |
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