Between Self Determination And Dependency

by Henke, Holger

• ISBN13: 9789766400583
• ISBN10: 976640058X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of West Indies Pr

Summary

Between Self-Determination and Dependency analyses the nature and trajectory of Jamaica's foreign relations from 1972 to 1989. The central argument is that the relative autonomy of the Jamaican state declined due to the evolution of a new international regime which in effect disallowed the political, social and economic experimentation originally envisioned. Neither the attempt at radical nationalism by the People's National Party, nor the 'accommodationist' stance of the Jamaica Labour Party served to reduce Jamaica's structural dependency.

The analysis factors in the political and economic interests and policies of both domestic and foreign social forces as they negotiated the foreign policies of the Jamaican state. Thus, the text employs a more holistic perspective. It departs from earlier studies that tended to focus on the diplomatic history of the country's foreign relations without illuminating the various co-determinants that defined the context of state action.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xvi
Abbreviations	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
Internal Dynamics: 1972-1980	p. 14
External Dynamics: 1972-1980	p. 24
Caribbean Tête-à-Tête: Jamaica and Cuba	p. 30
Conclusion	p. 50
Jamaica, the Us and International Capital in the 1970s	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 66
Internal Dynamics: 1981-1989	p. 69
Conclusion	p. 89
External Dynamics: 1981-1989	p. 91
Conclusion	p. 99
Jamaica and the Caribbean in the 1980s	p. 101
Conclusion	p. 127
Jamaica's Relations with International Capital and the Us in the 1980s	p. 130
Conclusion	p. 151
Conclusion	p. 154
Appendix	p. 171
Notes	p. 174
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 207
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