This edited collection brings together the work of practitioners, civil society actors, and academics, either located in the Caribbean, or involved in Caribbean-based work on public policy making and its implementation. The compendium challenges traditional dichotomies of external versus internal actors in the policy process, thereby, framing Caribbean public policy as a complex multi stakeholder undertaking. The collection is informed by three broad thematic areas: Gender and Policymaking, Human Security and Social Policy. Sub-themes include Gun Violence and CARICOM Small Island Developing States and the People Face/ Social Cost of Climate Change. This volume is ideal for researchers, policy-makers, academics, and graduate students.

Brings together the work of practitioners, civil society actors, and academics, either located in the Caribbean Involves Caribbean-based work on public policy making and its implementation Challenges traditional dichotomies of external versus internal actors in the policy process

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Deborah N Mc Fee has worked at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago WI since 2005, her area of research is Gender and Public Policy.

Tracie A Rogers is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. Her academic work is grounded in anti-oppressive principles, decolonising, and participatory research methodologies.

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In its breadth, collection of actors, and scope of issues, this range of actors brings a fresh perspective on the politics of policymaking and is poised to become a vital resource for students of Social Policy and Gender and Development Studies.
**Michelle V. Rowley, Ph.D., **Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Maryland USA

As reflections on the process of decolonization deepen, this edited collection bearing contributions from a variety of stakeholders including public policy practitioners, civil society actors, academics, grassroots activists, social workers, is another welcome addition about Caribbean policy making by its people. The book is novel for its inclusion of these different stakeholder voices and sectors 'under one roof', and is refreshing for its use of an interdisciplinary approach.
Heather Ricketts Ph.D., ****Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

This edited collection brings together the work of practitioners, civil society actors, and academics, either located in the Caribbean, or involved in Caribbean-based work on public policy making and its implementation. The compendium challenges traditional dichotomies of external versus internal actors in the policy process, thereby, framing Caribbean public policy as a complex multi stakeholder undertaking. The collection is informed by three broad thematic areas: Gender and Policymaking, Human Security and Social Policy. Sub-themes include Gun Violence and CARICOM Small Island Developing States and the People Face/ Social Cost of Climate Change. This volume is ideal for researchers, policy-makers, academics, and graduate students.

Deborah N Mc Fee has worked at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad & Tobago WI since 2005, her area of research is Gender and Public Policy.

Tracie A Rogers is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Psychology, and Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. Her academic work is grounded in anti-oppressive principles, decolonising, and participatory research methodologies.

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Part 1: Public policy is public space: stakeholders, civil society and alternative public policy makers.- Chapter 1: Women Working for Social Progress (Workingwomen): The Campaign to End Corporal Punishment.- Chapter 2: Climate Change, 'Bushfires' and Possibilities of Civil Society Based Policy-making in Trinidad and Tobago: Making Room at the Table.- Chapter 3: Child Sexual Abuse, ChildLinK, Civil Society and Communities of Practice in Collaboration with the Guyanese State.- Chapter 4: Climate Change Conversations Gender-based violence interventions in Dominica Before and after the storms: an interview with Ms. Tina Alexander.- Part 2: Human security complexities and caribbean public policy.- Chapter 5: Displacing the Masculine Protagonist: Women, the Arms Trade Treaty, Human Security and Gun Violence in Trinidad & Tobago.- Chapter 6: Intergenerational Trauma and Neglect: Social Housing as a Strategy for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 7: Social Policy Implications for a Restorative Prisoner Re-entry Process.- Chapter 8: Interconnected Threads: From Global Governance to Local Realities in Human Chapter 9: Security: An Interview with Professor Craig Murphy.- Part 3: Crosscutting gender: social policy: sectoral reflections and invisibilities.- Chapter 10: Beijing To and Fro: From Women's Bureaus to Gender Divisions.- Chapter 11: Policy-ing Adolescent Sexuality and Sexual Health in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.- Chapter 12: Our Law to Access: The Role of Women's Rights Organisations in the Passage and Implementation of Guyana's Abortion Law.- Chapter 13: Persistent Invisibilities: Purposive Erasure of Marginalised and Minoritised Gender Identities in Caribbean Policy Making.- Chapter 14: The Colonial Origins of Social Policy and Social Work in Guyana.- Chapter 15: Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process to Rank Policy Aspirations for Child Protection in Aruba: A Human Capability Approach.- Chapter 16: Social Policy Contestations from Within the Academy. An interview with Dr. Innette Cambridge.- .- Part 4: public policy- 21st century caribbean reflections and futures.- Chapter 17: Understanding the Persistence of the Westminster Whitehall Model in the Caribbean: The Challenges Facing Constitutional Reformers: Interview with Professor Hamid Ghany.- Chapter 18: Recording Our Policy Process: The Caribbean's Postcolonial Challenge of Re-Membering as We Contend with Digitisation and Freedom of Information.- Chapter 19: In Search for Repair: Reflections on Grief, the Repaired and Reparations.