The Caribbean in a changing world : surveying the past, mapping the future / edited by Livingston Smith, Stephanie Fullerton-Cooper, Erica Gordon, and Alexandra Bodden.
Description based on volume 1. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Volume 1. Institutional capabilities for island innovation: surveying past and present, and mapping prospects and potentialities in Caribbean island studies / Ryan R. Peterson. UK dependent territory succeeds: an analysis of Cayman's successful development / Truman Bodden -- The metamorphosis of the original Westminster-Whitehall constitutional model as exported to the Commonwealth Caribbean / Samuel Bulgin -- The history, meaning and importance of judicial independence: A Caribbean perspective / Anthony Smellie -- The Caribbean Examination Council: successful Caribbean entity / Erica Gordon -- Cayman Islands and the British West Indian Federation / Oneil Hall -- Towards a more perfect union / Right Honourable Owen S. Arthur -- Contemporary colonialism and the challenge to Caribbean integration / Carlyle G. Corbin, Jr. -- The attractions of nationhood: illusion and reality : lessons from the CARICOM experience / Sir Ronald Sanders -- Motives for integration in the Caribbean community and the European Union experience considered / Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow and Mark Bynoe -- The many faces of mental health in the Cayman Islands: past, present and future / Colleen M. Brown and Alexandra J. Bodden -- An examination of mental health treatment in the Caribbean: current state of treatment and future directions / Colleen M. Brown and Alexandra J. Bodden -- Developing a human capital strategy for economic growth: A Caribbean perspective / Dan Ondrack -- Protecting our youth: the state of child welfare in the Caribbean / Ericka Rutledge -- Creating archetypes: the destruction of Caribbean female stereotypes in Erna Brodber's novels / Stephanie Fullerton-Cooper -- Confronting gender-based violence in the Caribbean / Santosh Kumar Mishra -- Public service performance management and appraisal systems: perennial questions after fifty years / Charlene Roach and Gloria Davis-Cooper -- Institutional capabilities for island innovation: surveying past and present, and mapping prospects and potentialities in Caribbean island studies / Ryan R. Peterson. Volume 2. Social and psychological influences on the risk perceptions of public groups: considerations for vulnerability analysis and risk communication / Nathan Vadeboncoeur. Emerging tertiary education opportunities and challenges with implications for the Caribbean / William Schonberg-- Retooling for teaching and learning: focus on educational technology / Devon C. Duhaney and Allan E. Young-- Batabano: a case study of the role of language in shaping ideas of 'authentic' Caymanian and Caribbean culture / Amber Bothwell-- Education in post-federation Montserrat: reflections, introspections and propositions / Gertrude Shotte-- The future of offshore financial centres: rereading the tea leaves from a Cayman perspective / Timothy Ridley-- The challenges of sustainable economic growth / Thomas F. Phillips and Asaf Zohar -- Industrial diversification in Trinidad and Tobago: strategies for diversifying the Trinidad and Tobago economy beyond oil and gas / Marlon Anatol-- Financial sophistication of SIDS / Donald Taylor-- Good governance and Caribbean crown lands / Simon Cooper-- Economic value of coral reefs and mangroves: support for the sustainable management of coral reefs and mangroves in the Cayman Islands by quantifying their economic value / Anthony Husemann and Melisa Bent-Hamilton-- Weathering the storm: community planning for adaptation to coastal climate change / Colleen S. L. Mercer Clarke, John D. Clarke, Daniel E. Lane,Donald L. Forbes, Patrick Watson, and Rawle Edinboro-- Linking vulnerability, adaptation, and mitigation in small island developing states: climate change and the community of Grande Riviere, Trinidad / Sherry Ann S. Ganase and Sonja S. Teelucksingh-- An investigation into potentialities and challenges of waste-to-energy systems in Caribbean countries / Seetharam Chittoor Jhansi-- Social and psychological influences on the risk perceptions of public groups: considerations for vulnerability analysis and risk communication / Nathan Vadeboncoeur.
Summary:
This collection is a critical reflection of the evolution of Caribbean countries since the demise of the West Indies Federation in 1962. At this historical juncture, some territories opted for independence while others remained dependent territories. The volume examines Caribbean societies in comparative and general ways, covering aspects of their ongoing development and challenges. It covers such areas as Caribbean integration, the state of human capital and social policy in the region, the education sector, Caribbean economic sustainability, and, significantly, the physical environment of the Caribbean. A central question has always been: should these territories have gone independent or stayed under some British tutelage? The book addresses this question, illustrating that these island states have made considerable progress, especially in the maintenance and deepening of democratic practices.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.