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Class Alliance And The Liberal Authoritarian State. The Roots of Post-Colonial Democracy in Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, and Surinam

Door F.S.J. Ledgister

Categorie	Suriname
Boeknummer	#200873
Titel	Class Alliance And The Liberal Authoritarian State. The Roots of Post-Colonial Democracy in Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, and Surinam
Auteur	Ledgister, F.S.J.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Africa Research & Publications
Jaar van uitgave	1998
ISBN10	0865435472
ISBN13	9780865435476
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The political evolution of three former colonies into independence and beyond is studied via an examination of the existing literature and through interviews with journalists, scholars and politicians. These countries appear to uphold the conventional wisdom, since Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have been continuously democratic since independence, while Surinam has not. It is clear from the author's research that the similarities in the political evolution of these countries far outweigh the differences. In particular, the British in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dutch in Surinam, developed similar state structures - simultaneously liberal and authoritarian. However, in two countries, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the emergence of political parties was linked to labor pro... (Lees verder)tests, while this linkage, though not the protest, was absent in Surinam. Democratic politics in the former two countries turns out to rest on a two way alliance between the middle and lower classes, embedded in a paternalistic state structure inherited from the colonial period. In Surinam, the absence of this alliance rendered democracy more vulnerable. The author concludes that while the peoples of the Caribbean did not fight long struggles for independence, they have been able to preserve the least poisoned gift of the colonizer - democracy.
Pagina's	216
Conditie	Redelijk — Markeringen met groene markeerstift
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