The Costs of Regime Survival Racial Mobilization, Elite Domination and Control of the State in Guyana and Trinidad |
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| Author:
| Hintzen, Percy C. |
| Series title: | American Sociological Association Rose Monographs |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-36378-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $204.95 |
Book Description:
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This comparative study of two republics - Guyana in South America, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean - examines the conditions which determine regime survival in less developed countries. Political survival can very often depend on a leader's willingness to serve the interests of a small, but politically strategic minority. In both Guyana and Trinidad, post-independence leaders made politically expedient decisions resulting in a series of political and economic crises.
This comparative study of two republics - Guyana in South America, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean - examines the conditions which determine regime survival in less developed countries. Political survival can very often depend on a leader's willingness to serve the interests of a small, but politically strategic minority. In both Guyana and Trinidad, post-independence leaders made politically expedient decisions resulting in a series of political and economic crises.