This volume covers a wide spectrum of governance issues relating to small states in a global con ... more This volume covers a wide spectrum of governance issues relating to small states in a global con text. While different definitions of governance are given in the chapters, most authors associate governance with the setting and implementation of policies aimed at managing a country or ter ritory, and with the related institutional structures and interventions by political actors. Generally, good governance is associated with concepts such as policy effectiveness, accountability, transpar ency, control of corruption, encouragement of citizens' voice and gender equality-factors which are, in turn, linked with democracy. What emerges from the book is that the societies of small states are being reshaped by various forces outside their control, including the globalization pro cess and climate change, rendering their governance ever more complex. These problems are not solely faced by small states, but small country size tends to lead to a higher degree of exposure to external factors. The chapters are grouped into four sections broadly covering political, environmental, social and economic governance. Governance is influenced by many, often intertwined, factors; the division of the book into four parts therefore does not detract from the fact that governance is multifaceted, and such division was based on the primary focus of each particular study and its main disciplinary background. The expert authors have, moreover, used a variety of approaches in the studies, the subject of small states being well suited to scholarly work from different disciplines using qualitative, quantitative and mixed approaches to arrive at useful conclusions.
Zhang et al. HSV-2-Induced CXCR3 Ligands and ICP4 CXCR3 ligand expression and CXCL9 as the key in... more Zhang et al. HSV-2-Induced CXCR3 Ligands and ICP4 CXCR3 ligand expression and CXCL9 as the key induced chemokine in mediating CD4 + T cell migration. Findings in this study have shed light on HSV-2 induced leukocyte recruitment which may be important for understanding HSV-2 infection-enhanced HIV-1 sexual transmission and the development of intervention strategies.
This contribution evolved out of a panel discussion that was organized around a series of questio... more This contribution evolved out of a panel discussion that was organized around a series of questions concerning the development and evolution of globalization since the 1990s; the potential consequences of the current political crises for the future of globalization processes; and the major implications and lessons on the way forward for Latin American and Caribbean economies and societies. The following sections first make reference to major features of globalization and to the earlier discourse on its implications, which remain relevant to our analyses of the contemporary tendencies. Thereafter, I discuss the consequences of these new developments for countries and regions in the South. The final section examines the outlook specifically for small, developing economies in the Greater Caribbean sub-region of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Secessionist movements are ubiquitous in the Caribbean, with virtually every multiisland state an... more Secessionist movements are ubiquitous in the Caribbean, with virtually every multiisland state and territory experiencing centrifugal tendencies. The region thus offers a unique opportunity to examine why some succeed and others fail. By and large, the propensity for secession has not attracted the attention of scholars beyond the region, with small states and territories largely excluded from supposedly 'global' analysis on the subject. The article fills this gap by analysing secessionist movements in both sovereign and non-sovereign territories. We find that secession was most likely to occur in the run-up to independence. In the post-colonial period, successes have only occurred among non-sovereign territories-as demonstrated by the fragmentation of the Netherlands Antilles and the administrative separation of St Martin and St Barthélémy from Guadeloupe-which have split from each other while collectively remaining part of a metropolitan state. Non-sovereignty reduces the costs of heterogeneity via the shelter provided by the larger metropolitan power. By analysing hitherto understudied cases, this article thus adds to studies that show how secession is contingent on continued state protections which allow downsizing to occur in an orderly manner, which is in turn consistent with the desire of the international community for geopolitical stability.
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Pan-Caribbean Integration, 2017
Developmental Regionalism in Crisis Rethinking CARICOM Deepening Relations with Latin America
Journal of International Relations, 2015
This article reviews CARICOM's track record from the perspective of developmental regionalism... more This article reviews CARICOM's track record from the perspective of developmental regionalism, exploring the extent of its contributions to human development, visibility and influence for these very small actors in the global community. We highlight CARICOM's provision of regional public goods and role in constructing social and political norms while conceding the many shortcomings in economic integration and in building strong regional institutions. The article is critical of CARICOM's historically slow embrace of integration initiatives in the wider hemisphere. It discusses CARICOM's recent challenges, responses and opportunities in engaging with Latin America.
CARICOM at thirty: new and old foreign policy challenges
Social and economic studies, 2004
Microstates in a macro-world: federalism, governance and viability in the eastern caribbean
Pan-Caribbean Integration
Pan-Caribbean Integration, 2017
This edited collection represents a timely reflection on CARICOM’s performance across a wide rang... more This edited collection represents a timely reflection on CARICOM’s performance across a wide range of fields of engagement in both the economic and functional realms. It assesses its performance in some of its older areas of engagement in both fields as well as presenting some of the new challenges not considered at the time of its formation including climate change, the role of the diaspora, free movement of labour, political reform and monetary union.
Summitry in the Caribbean Community
Summits & Regional Governance, 2015
Impacts of COVID-19 in the Commonwealth Caribbean: key lessons
The Round Table
Relations with the European Union and the United Kingdom Post-BREXIT: Perspectives from the Caribbean
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