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Social and cultural historian, political analyst, trade union
educator, artist, expert on development and cultural dynamics, man
of letters - these represent only a few of the areas of expertise
of Rex Nettleford, one of the Caribbean's finest scholars. This
carefully selected collection of 42 of Nettleford's speeches can
only provide a mere glimpse of his formidable intellect and his
contribution to the search for and validation of a Caribbean
cultural identity. Known affectionately in academic, cultural,
literary and artistic circles the world over, simply as Rex, this
informal and unpretentious designation is used to capture the
essence of the man whose ideas and speeches can be said to
collectively represent the 'Triumph of the Caribbean Spirit and
Imagination'. Readers who have had the privilege of hearing one or
more of Rex Nettleford's speeches will agree with Barry Chevannes
that 'Reading Rex Nettleford is not quite the same as hearing
him...even when the ideas are the same...to hear Rex Nettleford
address an audience is to be treated to a performance.' Of
Nettleford, Chevannes writes: 'As a Caribbean man, Nettleford
himself embodies the multilayered complexity which he insists is
characteristic of the region, a five-foot eleven black man with
rhythm in his steps and intertexuality in his living, who exercises
the powers of his creative imagination to help his fellow tenants
hold on to their legacy of a sense of self, for which monumental
work he is a much revered, much appreciated voice teaching lessons
for life on all the continents tenanted by homo sapiens.
The question of economic transformation is an immediate and
practical one for the English-speaking Caribbean. In the
postindependence period, Caribbean governments seemed blissfully
unaware that the inability to transform their economies was leading
to serious unemployment problems. The statistics are quite stark.
Unemployment rates in the Caribbean range from 6% in the more
prosperous states to 23% in the less prosperous ones. This use of
economic transformation and job creation continues to be a major
challenge in the first decade of the twenty-first Century. This is
the subject that is treated with impressive urgency in this volume
entitled Economic Transformation and Job Creation: The Caribbean
Experience.
The question of economic transformation is an immediate and
practical one for the English-speaking Caribbean. In the
postindependence period, Caribbean governments seemed blissfully
unaware that the inability to transform their economies was leading
to serious unemployment problems. The statistics are quite stark.
Unemployment rates in the Caribbean range from 6% in the more
prosperous states to 23% in the less prosperous ones. This use of
economic transformation and job creation continues to be a major
challenge in the first decade of the twenty-first Century. This is
the subject that is treated with impressive urgency in this volume
entitled Economic Transformation and Job Creation: The Caribbean
Experience.
"Governance in the Age of Globalisation provides a unique Caribbean
perspective and analysis of the governance challenges at the
national, regional and international levels. At the national level,
the need for effective governance systems is highlighted as a
critical requirement for promoting optimum levels of growth and
development, guaranteeing human rights and ensuring political and
social stability. Similarity at the regional level, the deepening
of the regional integration process envisaged in the implementation
of a Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), requires
innovative ideas and initiatives for rationalizing governance
structures. Moreover, since the process of globalization and
changes in the geopolitical configuration of the international
system have major implications for the exercise of power in that
system, the establishment of suitable governance structures at the
global level requires analysis. In this volume, academics from a
wide range of disciplines, professional from both the public and
private sectors and representatives of international organizations
and development agencies, share views and present concrete
proposals for effective governance systems under the broad headings
of governance systems and structures; theoretical aspects as they
relate to democracy and development; governance at the
international level and its impact on the small states of the
Caribbean; and the vital role that the state, the public and
private sectors and other branches of the regional society play in
promoting good governance. "
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