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Published: 28th January 1997
ISBN: 9780847685370
Number Of Pages: 352
Learn moreHow do recent trends toward globalization affect the Caribbean, a region whose suppliers, production, markets, and politics have been globalized for centuries? What is the status of neoliberal development policy in the Caribbean, where the rewards for belt tightening and economic opening have been slow in coming? How have Caribbean policy makers and citizens responded to and resisted the pressures to conform to the new rules of the global economy? Focusing these questions through the lens of political economy, the contributors of this volume explore the interaction among development, trade, foreign policy, the environment, tourism, gender relations, and migration in the Caribbean. With its global implications, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars from all disciplines who are concerned with the impact of development and globalization.
This volume examines the ways political, economic, and social geographic factors are affecting the development of the region. The book's original approach should be of great interest to geographers, economists, and other scholars who are interested in the Caribbean or postmodern processes.--Gary Elbow, Texas Tech University
| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| List of Acronyms | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Maps | |
| Introductory Tables | |
| Thirteen Theses on Globalization and Neoliberalism | p. 3 |
| Misguided Directions, Mismanaged Models, or Missed Paths? | p. 29 |
| Microstates in a Macroworld | p. 51 |
| Trade Policies and the Hemispheric Integration Process | p. 65 |
| How States Sell Their Countries and Their People | p. 87 |
| Caribbean Tourism and Agriculture: New Linkages in the Global Era? | p. 115 |
| Jamaica's Information Processing Services: Neoliberal Niche or Structural Limitation? | p. 135 |
| Dominica's Economic Diversification: Microstates in a Neoliberal Era? | p. 155 |
| Cuban Socialism in Crisis: A Neoliberal Solution? | p. 179 |
| The Political Economy of Contemporary Migration | p. 211 |
| The Spell of the Cascadura: West Indian Return Migration | p. 227 |
| From Neoliberalism to Sustainable Development? | p. 257 |
| Bibliography | p. 277 |
| Index | p. 311 |
| About the Contributors | p. 317 |
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ISBN: 9780847685370
ISBN-10: 0847685373
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: 28th January 1997
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.66 x 14.71
x 1.91
Weight (kg): 0.46
