This edited volume focuses on the attempts of various Caribbean countries to diversify their economies and societies. It is done in the context of political and economic difficulties that these countries have faced since the 2007-2008 economic crash and how successful they have been in moving their economies in a different direction. The contributors use very distinct levels of analysis in order to provide a nuanced view of diversification efforts in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, the French Antilles, and the Dutch Antilles. The book will appeal to academic researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and everyone who is interested in the politics and development of the Caribbean region.

Ann Marie Bissessar is Professor at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad.

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Ann Marie Bissessar is Professor at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad.

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1. Chapter One: Introduction/ Development, Political and Economic Difficulties in the CaribbeanAnn Marie Bissessar
2. Chapter Two: The Diversified Economy: Possibilities from Modern Portfolio ManagementChandra Shekhar Bhatnagar, Vaalmikki Arjoon, Prakash Ramlakhan
3. Chapter Three: What Drives Economic Diversification in CARICOM Economies? Vaalmikki Arjoon, Chandra Shekhar Bhatnagar, Prakash Ramlakhan
4. Chapter Four: Human Capital as a Catalyst for Economic Diversification in Trinidad and TobagoDaren A. Conrad and Asif Cassim
5. Chapter Five: Corruption as an Impediment to Diversification: The Case of Trinidad and TobagoDaren A. Conrad and Akeeta N. Ali
6. Chapter Six: Asset-based Community Development as a Vehicle for Economic Diversification: Place-based Strategies for Building Stronger Economies in the CaribbeanCheryl-Ann S. Boodram 
7. Chapter Seven: The Economic and Political Costs of Diversification as a Way Out of a Recession. The Case of Trinidad and Tobago Jeetendra Khadan and Inder J. Ruprah
8. Chapter Eight: Niche Focused Tourism Development in Small Island Developing States: The Case of Trinidad Acolla Lewis-Cameron, and Narendra Ramgulam
9. Chapter Nine: Sustainable Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Trinidad and Tobago Wendy-Ann P. Isaac, Nkosi Felix, Wayne G. Ganpat, Duraisamy Saravanakumar and Jessica Churaman
10. Chapter Ten: Whose Governance? IMF Austerities and Diversification in A Small Island State: The Case of Jamaica Ann Marie Bissessar
11. Chapter Eleven: Cuba: A Caribbean SIDS Reinventing Itself Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez
12. Chapter Twelve: Diversification, Macroeconomic Growth and Development: The Case of Martinique Bruno Marques and Charley Granvorka
13. Chapter Thirteen: Resilient or Recalcitrant? Revisiting the Diversification Discourse in the Wake of a Global RecessionGenève Phillip-Durham
14. Chapter Fourteen: The Diversification of Committee Systems in Parliaments of Small States: A Study of Trinidad and Tobago and DominicaMaukesh Basdeo
15. Chapter Fifteen: Agricultural Diversification A Strategy Out of the Economic Difficulties of the Sugarcane Industry Puran Bridgemohan and Wendy-Ann P. Isaac
16. Chapter Sixteen: Why Diversification FailsAnn Marie Bissessar