ABSTRACT
A critical part of the history of regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean is to be found in the widening of the economic and functional relationships among the English-speaking Caribbean to embrace other countries in the Greater Caribbean.
Bringing together a range of international experts to explain the broad thrusts of CARICOM’s widening project and the opportunities and challenges it presents, the book pays particular attention to CARICOM’s relations with the French Caribbean territories. Providing a review of the pan-Caribbean landscape this volume notes the impact of these new relationships on internal CARICOM affairs; inter-regional/South-South cooperation; and political and legislative changes in European metropoles of the non-independent territories. It also contemplates recent developments in the region and globally, such as political instability in Brazil and Venezuela, Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and the policies of the Donald Trump administration.
This edited collection will be an important resource for students and researchers in Latin American and Caribbean politics, economics, development, history and heritage.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|46 pages
The foundations of pan-Caribbean regionalism
part II|66 pages
Confronting boundaries of formal sovereignty
chapter 4|21 pages
Responses to the sovereignty/vulnerability/development dilemmas*
chapter 6|14 pages
A deeper regional incorporation for the French territories of the Americas
part III|38 pages
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
chapter 10|13 pages
Imaginary narratives about Dominicanos of Haitian descent
part IV|34 pages
Assessing initiatives in pan-Caribbean regionalism
chapter 11|9 pages
Cuba’s cooperation with CARICOM
part V|61 pages
Global and regional trends