Persistent Underdevelopment Change and Economic Modernization in the West Indies Routledge Library Editions: Development Series
Auteur : Mandle Jay
First published in 1996, this insightful and informative text examines the post-emancipation and recent economic history of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Jay R. Mandle offers an explanation of the region?s continuing underdevelopment. Through the use of an analytical framework derived from the works of Marx and Kuznets, the book focuses attention on technological change as the driving force behind economic modernization.
Persistent Underdevelopment begins by exploring how plantation agriculture had a limiting effect on industrial growth. Ultimately, plantation dominance receded; technological stagnation continued, however, and, under British colonial policy the Caribbean failed to modernise. The post-World War II era brought new efforts at modernisation through the economic policies of the left regimes of Manley, Burnham and Bishop. The concluding chapters point the way to policies that would enable the Caribbean to escape its current poverty and become an effective participant in world markets, finally achieving the goal of modern economic development.
1. The Content of Economic Development 2. The Plantation Economy and Economic Development 3. The Erosion of Plantation Dominance 4."Industrialization by Invitation" 5. Persistent Underdevelopment 6. The Left Regimes 7. Natural Endowments and Economic Development 8. Exports and Education 9. A People Without Borders
Date de parution : 11-2010
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 03-2013
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de Persistent Underdevelopment :
Mots-clés :
west; indies; indian; people; caribbean; peoples; sugar; industry; gross; domestic; World Development Report; Tobago's Economy; Human Development Index; Increasing Cane Yields; Market Oriented Behavior; IMF Conditionality; West Indies Federation; West Indian Sugar Industry; PNP; Sugar Estates; West Indian People; Bauxite Levy; Small Farm Sector; Manley Government; Regional Political Integration; War Time; Grenada Revolution; West Indian Sugar; Persistent Underdevelopment; Peasant Sector; PPP; PNP; Point Lisas; Pro Gram; PNP Government