Title Post-Colonial Trajectories in the Caribbean : the Three Guianas

Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (189 pages) Series The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series International political economy of new regionalisms series. Contents Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Historical background; From the coast to the interior; Relations between the Three Guianas; The regional and continental perspective; Concluding thoughts; About the chapters; Notes; 1 Colonial legacies and post-colonial conflicts in Guyana; Colonial constitutions and the politics of exclusion, 1831-1947; Rise and demise of the national movement; The Burnham era and the politics of domination; Capturing the state; Co-operative socialism OppositionDemocratisation and the politics of confrontation; Notes; 2 Democracy and political culture in Suriname; Introduction; The nature of politics in Suriname; Political events and processes before 1975; Political events and processes after 1975; Military dictatorship 1980-87; The restoration of democracy; Intermezzo: capital coup; New Front 2000-10: business as usual; From Putchist to president since 2010; Conclusion; Notes; 3 The dichotomy of universalism and particularism in French Guiana; French Guiana: a litmus test of French political culture; A distorting Kaléidoscope The land as a shared bone of contentionEthnic communes: a challenge to republican universalism; The Creole elites at the service of the republican ideal; The Creole ethics and the spirit of republicanism; French Guiana: a great public servant; Creole monopoly on local politics; Conclusion; 4 Politics and ethnicity in the Guianas; Introduction; Ethnicity and politics; Political ethnicity: specific stories from the Guianas; La Guyane française / French Guiana; Suriname; Guyana; Immigration and nation: the breaking point of ethnicity; Four conclusions and a paradox; Notes 5 Migrations in the Guianas: Evolution, similarities and differencesIntroduction; Labour importation and early internal and regional migrations; The role of political and economic transformations in shaping migration; The diversification and endurance of Guyana's emigrations; Suriname's concentrated emigration rush; French Guiana: a pole of attraction; A closer look at internal, intra-Guianas and regional migrations; Moving forward: slowly reconverging migration patterns?; Concluding remarks; Appendix; Notes 6 Small-scale gold mining in the Guianas: Mobility and policy across national bordersIntroduction; Colonial gold mining; Contemporary gold; Migrant miners; Mining policies: repression, tolerance and regulation; Mobility across borders; Conclusion: transnational mining mobility and policy across national borders; Notes; 7 Migrants, money and might: The image of China in the Guianas; Introduction; The Chinese population of the Three Guianas; Chinese institutions and politics; Chinese mobility across the Three Guianas; Old versus 'New Chinese': Suriname; Old versus 'New Chinese': Guyana Notes 'New Chinese' in French Guiana? Print version record Subject Economic development -- French Guiana Economic development -- Guyana Economic development -- Suriname Postcolonialism -- French Guiana Postcolonialism -- Guyana Postcolonialism -- Suriname Economic development Politics and government Postcolonialism SUBJECT French Guiana -- Politics and government -- 1947- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051823 Guyana -- Politics and government -- 1966- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058022 Suriname -- Politics and government -- 1975- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94002756 Subject French Guiana Guyana Suriname Form Electronic book Author Bishop, Matthew L Clegg, Peter ISBN 9781317014041 1317014049 9781317014058 1317014057

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