Introduction to Caribbean PoliticsIan Randle Publishers, 2002 - 292 páginas This is an introductory text for students if Caribbean Politics at the undergraduate level. It provides a broad historical sweep from the slave era to the contemporary period, characterised by issues of structural adjustments and globalisation, and in between, the years of worker revolt and protest. The text is structured and presented around a number of core concepts used to analyse Caribbean politics and political systems. Understanding of each concept is aided and enriched by selected readings from both published works as well as original articles specially commissioned for this book. This student-friendly text contains summaries of the key concepts discussed in each section, questions to test students' understanding, suggestions for further reading and a self-assessment section. Key concepts/issues include: 1. Imperialism, Colonialism, Neo-Colonialism, Re-Colonisation 2. Struggles of the working class people 3. The politics of constitutional decolonisation and the Westminster model 4. Party systems and electoral politic 5. Trade Unionism 6. The Politics of change: alternative development strategies 7. Regional integration |
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... represented in the lower house ( House of Representatives ) , there would also be only one party represented in the up- per house ( the Senate ) . Were the situation , whereby only one party wins all the seats in the lower house , to ...
... represented in the lower house ( House of Representatives ) , there would also be only one party represented in the up- per house ( the Senate ) . Were the situation , whereby only one party wins all the seats in the lower house , to ...
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... representing the people at large and the other representing the component units of the federation . ( iv ) ... represented people are therefore those in the smaller com- ponents . ( vi ) decentralised government . What drives ...
... representing the people at large and the other representing the component units of the federation . ( iv ) ... represented people are therefore those in the smaller com- ponents . ( vi ) decentralised government . What drives ...
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... represented a model for Caribbean de- velopment which , like other models such as Industrialization by Invitation and the Non Capitalist Path , seems not to be working . It is therefore important that factors influencing the success or ...
... represented a model for Caribbean de- velopment which , like other models such as Industrialization by Invitation and the Non Capitalist Path , seems not to be working . It is therefore important that factors influencing the success or ...
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