The Caribbean on the Edge: The Political Stress of Stability, Equality, and Diplomacy

by Winston Dookeran

Published by: University of Toronto Press

Imprint: University of Toronto Press

Sales Date: 2022-02-15

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Published: February 2022

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Imprint: University of Toronto Press

Page Count: 240 Pages

Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.10

240 Pages, 6.00 x 9.10 x 1.20 in

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ISBN: 9781487529444

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In a time of persistent uncertainty, fragile eco-structures, the politics of "populism," and limits in institutional leadership, The Caribbean on the Edge acts as an analytical roadmap to a challenging era of globalization for the countries on the edge of history in the Caribbean, those often at a policy standstill pondering which way and how to turn.

Winston Dookeran traces ideas that have evolved in development and diplomacy over the last decade to identify the path for new analytical leadership. The Caribbean on the Edge deeply engages the political issues involved in development, governance, and diplomacy.

Examining various schools of thought that influence policy choices, The Caribbean on the Edge discusses new approaches and risk factors that are aligned with the current realities in the region. Above all, this book is about the development of a new mindset that will usher in a radical shift in thinking, policy, and practice in order to unlock the paralysis of a Caribbean on the edge.

Winston Dookeran is currently secretary general of EUCLID University ‐ a United Nations registered intergovernmental institution of higher education. Recently, he was Professor of Practice at the University of the West Indies and Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada.

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes

Foreword
Alicia Bárcena

Preface
Winston Dookeran

Acknowledgments

Introduction
Tamara Lorenzo

The Evolution of ECLAC’s School of Thought and Its Influence on the Caribbean
Daniel E. Perrotti

Section 1: Confronting the Framework

1 Caribbean Development: Setting the Framework
2 Caribbean Policy Analysis: Shaping the Issues
3 Caribbean Catalogue: Recasting the Strategies

Section 2: The Missing Link in Thinking

4 Policy Response to the Pandemic
5 The Politics of Development
6 Political Economy and Strategy
7 Political Logic and Economic Logic

Section 3: Pathways in Analytical Leadership

8 The Imperative of Caribbean Convergence
9 Capturing Space in the Power of Markets
10 The Quest for Equality and Sustainable Growth
Part A: Building a Knowledge Economy: Issues in Financing Higher Education
Part B: The Distribution of Income in Trinidad and Tobago, 1957–1976
11 Small-State Diplomacy and the Liberal Order
12 Getting Governance and Development Right

Epilogue

Notes
Bibliography
Index