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In The Shadows Of The Sun - Caribbean Development Alternatives And U.S. Policy (Hardcover)
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In The Shadows Of The Sun - Caribbean Development Alternatives And U.S. Policy (Hardcover)
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Most people in the Caribbean are poor, and the economies of their
countries, shaped by colonizing powers, remain highly dependent on
international markets, Caribbean nations that have tried to follow
a more autonomous course have found themselves at odds with the
United States, which sees the region as part of its own sphere of
influence. Washington has tried to bind the region more closely to
the U.S. economy as a source of cheap labor and as a market for
U.S. goods, while pushing Caribbean governments to repay onerous
foreign debts at the expense of the living standards of their
people. In the Shadows of the Sun examines the region's disastrous
experience in the 1980s, when sharp economic declines resulted from
the debt crisis and the poor performance of regional exports. It
focuses on alternative development strategies that have emerged in
recent years, based on the goals of meeting basic needs and ending
poverty; of eliminating discrimination based on gender, race, and
ethnicity; and of promoting democratic participation. Proposing a
U.S. policy toward the region that might provide conditions more
favorable to alternative development strategies and mutual
cooperation, the authors place special emphasis on alleviating the
burdens that the economic crisis places on women in their roles as
both breadwinners and caregivers. The product of a collaborative
research effort among Caribbean scholars and U.S. experts on the
region, this book is the most recent in a distinguished series of
books from Policy Alternatives for the Caribbean and Central
America (PACCA).
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