02004nam a2200205Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002402000450006504000100011005000290012024501340014926000930028330000290037650400510040550511400045665000580159665000550165470000420170970000470175132631720170622103203.0030204e2001    jm b   grb    001  deng d  a976-637-040-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)c10.95  aPUCPR00aJL 599 .5 .A58bI85 200100aIslands at the crossroadsbpolitics in the non-independent Caribbeanc[edited by] Aarón Gamaliel Ramos and Angel Israel Rivera.  aKingston, JamaicabIan Randle PublishersaBoulder, Co.bLynne Rienner Publisherscc2001.  axxi, 190 p.bmapc23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aCaribbean territories at the crossroads / Aarón Gamaliel Ramos - - Puerto Rico : regional transformations and political change / Aarón Gamaliel Ramos & Angel Israel Rivera - - Culture and politics and self-determination in Puerto Rico / Idsa E. Alegría Ortega - - Fifty years of assimilation : assesing France's experience of Caribbean descolonisation through administrative reform / William Miles - - The construction of dependency : economy and politics in the French Antillies / Justin Daniel - - The French Antillies in the 1990s : between European unification and political territorialism / Fred Constant - - The political status of Curacao at the end of the twentieth century / Rita Giacalone - - The recolonisation of Aruba / Armando Lampe - - Eternal empire : Britain's Caribbean colonies in the global arena / John Connell - - Direct participation of non-independent Caribbean countries in the United Nations : a method for self-determination / Carlyle Corbin - - Conclusion : rethinking politics in the non-independent territories / Angel Israel Rivera - - Appendix : Statistical profile of non-independent territories. 0aCaribbean AreaxPolitics and governmenty1945-2Local 0aCaribbean AreaxEconomics conditionsy1945-2Local10aRamos, Aarón Gamalield1946-2Local10aRivera Ortiz, Ángel Israeld1947-2Local