On the Move The Caribbean since 1989

by Bronfman, Alejandra

• ISBN13: 9781842777671
• ISBN10: 184277767X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-15
• Publisher: ZED BOOKS

Summary

The Caribbean stands out in the popular imagination as a "place without history", a place which has somehow eluded modernity. The notion of "getting away from it all" lures countless visitors, offering the possibility of total disconnect for the world-weary. In On the Move Alejandra Bronfman argues that in fact the opposite is true; the Carribean is, and has always been, deeply engaged with the wider world. From drugs and tourism to international political struggles, these islands form an integral part of world history and of the present, and are themselves in a constant state of economic and social flux in the face of global transformations.

Author Biography

Alejandra Bronfman is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. She has travelled extensively in the Caribbean, and has published several books, including Measures of Equality: Social Science, Citizenship and Race in Cuba, 1902-1940 (2004, University of North Carolina Press).

Table of Contents

Introduction

Basic services in a larger context: the failure of the Washington Consensus, the weakness of its neo-classical foundation, and introduction to an alternative framework

The (in)adequacy of public spending on basic social services

The distribution of benefits of health and education spending

Policies to Enhance Efficiency in Public Provision of Basic Social Services

Governance Reforms to Address the Systemic Problems of State Provision of Basic Services

Promoting complementarity between public and private provision

Mobilising Additional Resources for Public Social Services

The Rhetoric of International Development Targets and the Reality of Official Development Assistance

Conclusion

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