The Quest for Security in the Caribbean - Problems and Promises in Subordinate States

This comprehensive work on security in the English-speaking Caribbean, offers a wealth of information about the history, politics, economics and geography of the entire region. The author examines security problems in the region as a geopolitical unit, not on a selective case-study basis, as is usually done. He assesses Caribbean security within a theoretical framework where four factors are critical: perceptions of the political elites; capabilities of the states; the geopolitics of the area; and the ideological orientations of the parties in power. Political and economic issues are judged to be as relevant to security as military factors. The author identifies safeguards which countries in the region may take in the coming decade.

List of contents

1: Introduction; 2: Caribbean Secufuty Perceptions; 3: The Capabilities of Caribbean States; 4: Individual Security Measures: the Larger States; 5: Individual Security Measures in the Eastern Caribbean and Jamaica; 6: Collective Security Measures; 7: Geopolitics of the Region; 8: Ideology in the Caribbean; 9: Drugs and Security; 10: Security Safeguards in the 1990s

About the author

Ivelaw L. Griffith

Summary

This comprehensive work on security in the English-speaking Caribbean, offers information about the history, politics, economics and geography of the entire region. The author examines security problems in the region as a geopolitical unit, not on a selective case-study basis, as is usually done.

Product details

• Authors: Ivelaw L Griffith, Ivelaw L. Griffith, Griffith Ivelaw L.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.1993
• EAN: 9781563240898
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-089-8
• No. of pages: 332
• Weight: 612 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, Caribbean Sea