The Political Economy of Caribbean Development

Bishop, Matthew Louis

doi:10.1057/9781137316103

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“…Their emphasis on class struggle resonated in the highly stratified Caribbean societies of the time, and their analysis of the unequal international division of labour in the postcolonial world gained adepts in the region and beyond -see for example Rodney's How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Rodney 1975(Rodney , 2018Stone 1983Stone , 1986Thomas 1986). Situated within the Marxist orthodoxy of the time -which identified imperialism as a high stage of capitalism (Lenin 1970) -these scholars understood that social development could only be realised if the existing economic system was replaced in its entirety (Bishop 2013;Stone 1986;Thomas 1986). Emerging in the 1960s, the Plantation Economy School -espoused by intellectuals of the New World Groupshared the crux of the analysis, but sought to provide solutions suited to the peculiarities of Caribbean economies within the existing capitalist framework.…”

Section: The Emergence Decline and Continued Relevance Of Critical Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Caribbean perspective on China–Caribbean relations: global IR, dependency and the postcolonial condition

González-Vicente

Montoute

2020

Third World Quarterly

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The field of global international relations remains to a great extent aspirational and focussed on the critique of Western-centric perspectives or the appraisal of non-Western theories within their specific geographical and historical contexts. In this essay, we go a step further and transpose a set of Caribbean-based theories that gained prominence in the 1960s and 1970s to apply it to the study of China's contemporary relations with the Caribbean Community, drawing broader implications for China's Belt and Road Initiative. The Caribbean's tradition of critical and radical thought raises important questions about continuing epistemic dependency, structural impediments to development in small and highly open states, and a number of unresolved issues relating to the postcolonial condition in former plantation societies. Drawing upon these insights, we contend that the expectations placed on the emerging 'South-South' link with China are easily overstated, given China's elitist business-centric approach to development, the eschewing of participatory approaches in Sino-Caribbean ventures and the passive incorporation of the Caribbean into China's global vision.

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Section: The Emergence Decline and Continued Relevance Of Critical Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Caribbean perspective on China–Caribbean relations: global IR, dependency and the postcolonial condition

González-Vicente

Montoute

2020

Third World Quarterly

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“…Much of the broader scholarship on Caribbean development pathways elucidates how the colonial experience across various islands has been translated into contemporary patterns of economic, social, and political development (Mandle 1982;Bishop 2013;Dookeran 2015). We seek to extend that tradition of analysis more specifically to Caribbean disasters research, underlining that historical processes are fundamental to understanding not only how conditions of risk emerge, but also how societal inertia causes them to persist over time.…”

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Historical Trajectories of Disaster Risk in Dominica

Barclay

Wilkinson

White

et al. 2019

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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The calamitous consequences of 2017 Hurricane Maria for the Caribbean island of Dominica highlighted the acute and increasing susceptibility of the region to disasters. Despite increasing international attention to disaster risk reduction, recovery from hazard events can be especially lengthy and difficult for small island developing states. In this article, we build on existing understandings of disaster risk as a physical and social condition, showing that historical processes are fundamental to understanding how conditions of risk emerge and persist over time. We take an integrated approach to analyzing the drivers of risk accumulation, using the example of Dominica, where processes set in motion during the colonial period have shaped the location of people and assets, the degree to which they might be harmed, the societal repercussions of that harm and the prospects for recovery. We focus on the underlying economic vulnerabilities and physical exposure to hazards created by agricultural, economic, and social practices, and successive disaster responses that have constrained recovery. Uncovering these historical drivers and persistent issues, elucidates lessons for pursuing a more resilient development trajectory, including through the promotion of economic restructuring and diversification, and land reform.

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“…If considered reductively, in economic terms only, climate change has been projected to cost the Caribbean economy at least US$22 billion annually by 2050, around 10% of the current total annual GDP. 58 A lack of capital in the region, and the dominance of neoliberal ideology, 59 means that zero-sum models of sustainability and development come to dominate, in which resources for responding to climate change are in competition with other state spending. Under prevailing economic conditions, therefore, it is easy to see why Caribbean Heads of State must seek funding to 'help the region reduce fossil fuel dependence and exposure to price variability and mitigate climate change' .…”

Section: S/he Who Pays the Piper: Imperialism Via Climate Financementioning

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‘1.5°C to stay alive’: climate change, imperialism and justice for the Caribbean

Sealey-Huggins

2017

Third World Quarterly

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Treating the threat of climate change in the Caribbean as a case study instructive for responses globally, this article examines the social and political relations of climate change. It argues for an analysis taking into account the ways in which the histories of imperialism and colonialism have shaped contemporary global 'development' pathways. The article charts how Caribbean vulnerability to temperature rises of more than 1.5°C of warming comprise an existential threat structured by contemporary social relations that are imperialist in character. Hope can be taken from a politics of climate justice which acknowledges the climate debts owed to the region.

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The Political Economy of Caribbean Development

Cited by 17 publications

References 94 publications

A Caribbean perspective on China–Caribbean relations: global IR, dependency and the postcolonial condition

A Caribbean perspective on China–Caribbean relations: global IR, dependency and the postcolonial condition

Historical Trajectories of Disaster Risk in Dominica

‘1.5°C to stay alive’: climate change, imperialism and justice for the Caribbean

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