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OverviewThe Caribbean on the Edge offers frameworks for the study of policy issues facing the Caribbean and identifies a new way of thinking among those who influence public decision making. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Winston DookeranPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.480kg ISBN: 9781487529444ISBN 10: 1487529449 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 15 February 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsIf the Caribbean is 'on the edge' - in more ways than one - then it is an 'edgy' place. This suggests that it is a tense, nervous, or irritable region, prone to destabilization and painful dislocation by effects and dynamics beyond its control. But 'edgy' has a second, informal meaning: being at the forefront of a trend; experimental or avant-garde. The alignment of savvy political leadership, mobilization of knowledge capital, and economic acumen can yet spearhead the small island jurisdictions of the Caribbean in developmental directions that build diversification and strengthen resilience. I commend Winston Dookeran for a timely and inspiring text. - Godfrey Baldacchino, Professor of Sociology, University of Malta; UNESCO co-chair in Island Studies and Sustainability, University of Prince Edward Island; President, International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA) In The Caribbean on the Edge, Winston Dookeran draws on his experience as a senior practitioner in public policy and public administration and combines it with the critical analyses of an academic. A study in political economy, this book is indispensable to everyone engaged in Caribbean studies. - Nelson Wiseman, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto Winston Dookeran has crafted a wonderful study of the ideas of academics and practitioners to provide a roadmap for the survival and resilience of Caribbean society in the coming decades. This is an important contribution to the literature of the Caribbean development experience monitored by one of the region's contemporary noted thinkers. - Anthony T. Bryan, Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies If the Caribbean is 'on the edge' - in more ways than one - then it is an 'edgy' place. This suggests that it is a tense, nervous, or irritable region, prone to destabilization and painful dislocation by effects and dynamics beyond its control. But 'edgy' has a second, informal meaning: being at the forefront of a trend; experimental or avant-garde. The alignment of savvy political leadership, mobilization of knowledge capital, and economic acumen can yet spearhead the small island jurisdictions of the Caribbean in developmental directions that build diversification and strengthen resilience. I commend Winston Dookeran for a timely and inspiring text. - Godfrey Baldacchino, Professor of Sociology, University of Malta; UNESCO co-chair in Island Studies and Sustainability, University of Prince Edward Island; President, International Small Islands Studies Association (ISISA); Executive Editor, Small States & Territories In The Caribbean on the Edge, Winston Dookeran draws on his experience as a senior practitioner in public policy and public administration and combines it with the critical analyses of an academic. A study in political economy, this book is indispensable to everyone engaged in Caribbean studies. - Nelson Wiseman, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto Winston Dookeran has crafted a wonderful study of the ideas of academics and practitioners to provide a roadmap for the survival and resilience of Caribbean society in the coming decades. This is an important contribution to the literature of the Caribbean development experience monitored by one of the region's contemporary noted thinkers. - Anthony T. Bryan, Professor of International Relations and Senior Fellow, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies Author InformationWinston Dookeran is a professor of practice at the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies. He has held several positions in Trinidad and Tobago as governor of the Central Bank, minister of finance, and minister of foreign affairs. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |