Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin: Central America and the Caribbean in the New World Order

Jean Grugel

Indiana University Press, 1995 - Business & Economics - 270 pages

"Grugel... has produced a first-rate introduction to the development dilemmas confronting the peoples of the Caribbean and Central America.... The book will enlighten general readers with an interest in the politics of geopolitical and economic dependency. And for appreciating the remaining difficulties facing small nations attempting equitable and harmonious development, it will remind Caribbean and Central American specialists just how valuable a good comparative analysis can be." --Foreign Affairs

"... excellent comparative survey of the political economy of the Caribbean Basin... " --Choice

This wide-ranging survey of the political economy of the Caribbean Basin and its position in the emerging global order also assesses the attempts by revolutionary regimes in the region to create alternative models of development and the reasons for their failure.

Contents

• The Historical Evolution of the Caribbean Basin: 29
• Class Ethnicity and Nation: 61
• The Political Systems of the Region: 94
• The International Relations of the Caribbean Basin: 125
• Regional Development: 159
• Cuba Nicaragua and Grenada: 196
• Is the Crisis Over?: 232
• Guide to Further Reading: 244
• Index: 261

About the author

JEAN GRUGEL is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin: Central America and the Caribbean in the New World Order
• Author: Jean Grugel
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0253209544, 9780253209542
• Length: 270 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / Latin America / Central America; History / Latin America / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / Political Process / General; Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy; Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American