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The United States has long dominated economic as well as political affairs in the Caribbean. Recently, however, the relations between the US and the Caribbean nations have been changing. In the early 1980s, the United States unilaterally announced the Caribbean Basin Initiative, which was a set of tariff concessions to the region designed to improve the overall economic situation. More recently, the Association of Caribbean States was created to bring together the islands and countries on the Caribbean rim in an attempt to reposition the region in light of the development of powerful trading blocs in the western hemisphere and Europe. This volume brings together essays that explore the historical, political, and economic dimensions of US-Caribbean relations. As such, it will be of considerable use to scholars and researchers of the Caribbean, economic development, and international relations.
This volume brings together essays that explore the historical, political, and economic dimensions of US-Caribbean relations. As such, it will be of considerable use to scholars and researchers of the Caribbean, economic development, and international relations.
List of contents
Introduction by Ransford W. Palmer
Historical OverviewThe Caribbean: The American Proscenium or, the Americas Began There by Franklin W. Knight
The Politics of US-Caribbean RelationsThe Association of Caribbean States and US-Caribbean Relations by Cedric Grant
US-Cuban Relations: Moving Beyond the Cold War to the New International Order? by H. Michael Erisman
The US-UN Military Intervention and the Prospects for Democracy in Haiti by Alex Dupuy
The Economics of US-Caribbean RelationsUS-Haiti Trade Relations: From Bilateral to Trade Bloc by Kathleen Dorsainvil
US-Caribbean Trade Relations over the Last Decade: From CBI to ACS by Gregory K. Schoepfle
The Washington Consensus and the Prospects for Authentic Development in the Caribbean by Wilfred L. David
A Post-NAFTA US Trade Policy for the Caribbean by George A. Dalley
ACS: A Distraction from the FTAA Process by John Harrington and Peter Johnson
AssessmentAssessing the New Association of Caribbean States and US-Caribbean Relations: Is It Repositioning? by Leslie F. Manigat
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Contributors
