The Caribbean in the Global Political Economy / / ed. by Hilbourne A. Watson.

Departing from traditional analyses of Caribbean political economy, this book explores the topic within a global context and considers the broad issues affecting the region now and into the next century.

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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (300 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1 OVERVIEW
  • 1 Introduction: The Caribbean and the Techno-Paradigm Shift in Global Capitalism
  • 2 Caribbean Economic Performance in the 1990s: Implications for Future Policy
  • Part 2 ECONOMIC THEORY AND CARIBBEAN REALITY
  • 3 Appropriate Economic Theory for the Caribbean
  • 4 Techno-Industrial Policy in the Restructuring of the Caribbean: The Missing Link in Caribbean Economic Thought
  • Part 3 CRISIS AND RESTRUCTURING AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
  • 5 Global Restructuring and the Prospects for Caribbean Competitiveness: With a Case Study from Jamaica
  • 6 Free Trade and Underdevelopment in Haiti: The World Bank/USAID Agenda for Social Change in the Post-Duvalier Era
  • 7 The Cuban Economy in the 1990s: Problems and Prospects
  • 8 The United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement, Semiconductors, and a Case Study from Barbados
  • Part 4 GLOBALIZATION, RESTRUCTURING, AND REGIONAL ISSUES
  • 9 Historical and Contemporary Restructuring and Women in Production in the Caribbean
  • 10 Restructuring and Privatization in the Caribbean
  • 11 Caribbean Trade Unionism and Global Restructuring
  • 12 Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Basin Initiative: Uneasy Interdependence
  • Part 5 CONCLUSION
  • 13 Beyond Nationalism: Caribbean Options Under Global Capitalism
  • Bibliography
  • The Contributors
  • Index
  • About the Book