Conflict, Peace and Development in the Caribbean

One in a series on global political economy, aiming to provide overviews and case studies of states and sectors in the international division of labour. The studies in this volume focus on the regional case of the Caribbean, addressing security, diplomacy, hegemony and development.

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Part 1 overviews and approaches: peace, democracy and security in the Caribbean, Alma H Young; restoring hegemony - the complementarity among the security, ecomonic and political components of United States policy in the Caribbean basin during the 1980's, Emilio Pantojas Garcia; Cuba and the Caribbean - perceptions and realities, Isabel Jaramillo Edwards. Part 2 case studies of small state militarization: the armed forces in the Dominican Republic - professionalization and politicization, Pablo A Marinez; defense policy and planning in the Caribbean - the case of Jamaica, 1962-1988, Humberto Garcia Muniz; the development of the military in post-independent Barbados, Dion E Phillips; overt militarism and covert politics in St.Kitts-Nevis, Whitman Browne; Nicaragua, Cuba and the geopolitical challenges in the Caribbean on the threshold of the 1990s, Raul Benitez Manaut. Part 3 comparisons and implications: the small state in the Caribbean - policy options for survival, Lloyd Searwar; the state, nationalism and security - the case of the anglophone Caribbean, Neville C Duncan; alternative approaches to peace and security in Africa, Timothy Shaw and E John Inegbedion.