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.

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*

Small territories and regional organisations in the Caribbean

chapter 6|14 pages

A deeper regional incorporation for the French territories of the Americas

The shifting dynamics of French foreign policy

chapter 7|16 pages

The insularisation of a regional university

The case of the former UAG

part III|38 pages

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

chapter 8|13 pages

Haiti–CARICOM relations

Between fascination and mistrust

chapter 9|10 pages

French or Creole?

Which second language for CARICOM?

chapter 10|13 pages

Imaginary narratives about Dominicanos of Haitian descent

Media debates concerning Sonia Pierre and Juliana Deguis 1

part IV|34 pages

Assessing initiatives in pan-Caribbean regionalism

part V|61 pages

Global and regional trends

chapter 14|19 pages

‘Far from home but close at heart’

Preliminary considerations on regional integration, deterritorialisation and the Caribbean diaspora 1

chapter 15|18 pages

CARICOM and rising powers

India, China and Brazil’s South–South cooperation in the region