Globalization and Neoliberalism The Caribbean Context |
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Editor:
| Klak, Thomas |
Contribution by:
| Conway, Dennis Souza, Roger-Mark De Gayle, Dennis J. Momsen, Janet Henshall Mullings, Beverley Myers, Garth Segal, Aaron Susman, Paul Wiley, James |
ISBN: | 978-0-8476-8537-0 |
Publication Date: | Dec 1997 |
Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $82.00 |
Book Description:
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How 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 policymakers and citizens responded to and resisted the pressures to conform to the new rules of the global economy? By examining these questions through...
More DescriptionHow 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 policymakers and citizens responded to and resisted the pressures to conform to the new rules of the global economy? By examining these questions through the lens of political economy, this volume explores the interaction among development, trade, foreign policy, the environment, tourism, gender relations, and migration.