Caribbean political economy at the crossroads : NAFTA and regional developmentalism /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998. |
| Series: | International political economy series.
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Beyond the Paradigmatic Interregnum in Development Theory: Rethinking Ascent in the International System
- State-Centric Views of Ascent: Key Modernization Arguments
- Conclusions: Theorizing Ascent in the World System
- Notes
- 2. The State and the Caribbean Development Experience
- British Colonization of the Caribbean (1623-1945)
- US Hegemony and the Caribbean: Transition and Transformation
- Conclusions
- Notes
- 3. Global Restructuring and World System Continuity
- Globalization Reconsidered
- Globalization as Epoch
- Twenty-First Century Capitalism and Upward Mobility
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 4. The Crisis of the National Option in the Caribbean
- Key Economic Sectors
- The State and Domestic Capital
- Conclusion: the Caribbean and Twenty-First Century Capitalism
- Notes
- 5. NAFTA/FTAA and the New Articulation in the Americas: 'Re-Colonization' or Structural Opportunity?
- NAFTA/FTAA: Caribbean Responses and Perceptions
- The Re-colonization Thesis: a Critique
- NAFTA and the Onset of Strategic Positioning
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 6. Reconstituting State Power at the Regional Level: The Road to Achieving Ascent in the Next Century
- Part I. The Politics of Regional Development
- Part II. Caribbean Offshore Services--Origins, Prospects and Challenges
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index