Synopses & Reviews
This contribution to the debate on security in the Caribbean highlights the security problems of small states. The contributors analyze internal and external security issues, military, political, and economic influences, and security initiatives and policies from indigenous, regional, and extra-regional perspectives. They also present empirical case studies of four English-speaking nations.
The volume begins by introducing the dynamics influencing Caribbean security: leadership, history, geopolitics, and internal political violence. Part Two then presents four case studies: Barbados, Guyana, the Virgin Islands, and the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute. Realist theory, conflict theory, political economy, and political psychology are among the theoretical frameworks represented in these essays. Focusing particularly on the English-speaking Caribbean, the authors examine the resources, institutions, economies, geopolitics, internal instability, militarization, and intervention shaping the security environment. This work is an important resource for scholars and policy analysts of military/security issues, the Caribbean/Latin America, and Third World development.
Review
This book is one of the most important publications on the Caribbean region that I have seen. In a most comprehensive and innovative manner, it weaves the reality and perceptions of security problems into every aspect of social, economic, political, military, and foreign relations considerations. . . . It should be required reading for all persons interested in the problems facing LDCs not only in terms of their own security and quest for self-determination, but also for those interested in the broader problems of development itself.Percy C. Hintzen Associate Professor and Vice Chairperson African American Studies University of California at Berkeley
Review
In Griffith's book, issues of militarization, peace, and security are approached from a Caribbean perspective that is senstive to the interests of regional societies. Its chapters are well researched and generally explore topics and national realities that have been normally neglected in previous studies. This volume should be read by all those concerned with the future of the Caribbean.Jorge Rodriguez Beruff Institute of Caribbean Studies University of Puerto Rico
Synopsis
Highlights the security problems of small states, drawing on realist theory, conflict theory, and political economy analyses to examine the indigenous, regional and extra-regional dynamics shaping the Caribbean security environment.
Synopsis
This contribution to the debate on security in the Caribbean highlights the security problems of small states. The authors draw from realist theory, conflict theory, and political economy analyses to examine the indigenous, regional and extra-regional dynamics shaping the Caribbean security environment. Four case studies are presented: Barbados, Guyana, the Virgin Islands, and the Belize-Guatemala territorial dispute. This work is valuable to scholars and policy analysts of military/security issues, the Caribbean/Latin America, and Third World development.
About the Author
IVELAW L. GRIFFITH is Professor of Political Science at Lehman College of the City University of New York.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Regional Security Issues
Security Perceptions of English Caribbean Elites by Ivelaw L. Griffith
Decolonization, Demilitarization, and Denuclearization by Humberto Garcia Muniz
Political Violence in the Caribbean by Neville C. Duncan
Postinvasion Political Security in the Eastern Caribbean by Clifford E. Griffin
National Strategy and Security
Change and Continuity in Barbados Defense Policy by Dion E. Phillips
The Territorial Dimensions of Caribbean Security: The Case of Belize by Alma H. Young
Guyana: The Military and the Politics of Change by Ivelaw L. Griffith
Security and Self-Determination in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Jannette O. Domingo
Selected Bibliography
Index