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The global system has become increasingly complex, and notwithstanding the end of the Cold War and the liberalising of the world economy, there are new threats and new problems that require carefully thought-out responses, rather than ad hoc solutions and approaches. Caribbean Survival and the Global Challenge is such a collection of carefully thought-out responses by some of the region's leading voices on the broad range of implications created by globalisation for Caribbean states, and the development options emerging from the changes in the regional and international environment.

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• Preface(p. x)
• List of Contributors(p. xi)
• Introduction(p. xiii)
• A. The Globalisation Phenomenon in Perspective
• 1. The Caribbean and the Global Challenge in the 21st Century(p. 2)
• 2. Globalisation and the Caribbean: A Five-Hundred-Year Perspective(p. 18)
• B. The State and Foreign Policy in a Changing Global Setting
• 3. Caribbean States: Functioning in the International Arena in the 21st Century(p. 31)
• 4. Self-Determination and Sovereignty in the Caribbean: Migration, Transnational Identities and Deterritorialisation of the State(p. 49)
• 5. Transnational Organised Crime in the Caribbean: The International Relations Context(p. 65)
• C. Size, Resources and Strategy in the Global Economy
• 6. On Small States in the Global System: Some Issues for the Caribbean with Particular Reference to Financial Flows and Aid Effectiveness(p. 84)
• 7. Some Challenges Facing the OECS in the Context of Globalisation(p. 106)
• 8. The Role of Telecommunications in Caribbean Development in the 21st Century(p. 122)
• 9. The Unfinished Business of the Law of the Sea in the Caribbean: The Challenge of the 21st Century(p. 137)
• D. Emerging Trends in Bi-Lateral Relations and Regional Co-operation
• 10. US-Caribbean Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Implications for Globalisation and Development(p. 149)
• 11. Canada-CARICOM Relations in the 1990s: A Relevant and Constructive Partnership(p. 163)
• 12. Canada, Cuba and Constructive Engagement into the New Millennium: Political Dissidents and Human Rights(p. 187)
• 13. The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) as a Caribbean Cooperative Zone(p. 212)
• 14. Overcoming Social and Democratic Deficits: Inter-Governmental Dynamics and Inter-Societal Drives in the Greater Caribbean(p. 220)
• E. Governance and Civil Society
• 15. Reforming Caribbean Democracy in the Era of Globalisation(p. 237)
• F. International Trade Policy and the Caribbean
• 16. The Failure of Seattle and its Implications(p. 265)
• 17. International Trade and Labour Standards: Prospects and Problems(p. 280)
• 18. Globalisation and Adjustment in the Caribbean: An Assessment(p. 299)
• 19. The Caribbean After Preferences(p. 337)
• 20. On the Front Line: The Lome Experience Dissected(p. 366)
• 21. Implications of Liberalisation for Caribbean Agriculture: Prospects for the Non-Traditional Subsector(p. 384)
• 22. Preparing for the Digital Age: A Strategy for the Cultural Industries in the Caribbean(p. 416)
• G. Liberalisation, Globalisation and the Caribbean Financial Sector
• 23. The Financial Liberalisation Agenda: Performance and Prospects(p. 429)
• 24. Implications of Liberalisation for Commercial Banking in the Caribbean(p. 442)
• 25. Globalisation and the Caribbean Financial Sector: Toward a Strategy for Survival(p. 455)
• H. Prospects for Development Finance
• 26. The Caribbean and the Global Competition for Foreign Capital(p. 465)
• 27. The Role and Prospects for Official Financing for Caribbean Development in the Globalised Environment(p. 480)

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This sizable book examines major challenges posed by globalization for small Caribbean states. The introduction places globalization in historical perspective, and a final section assesses prospects for development finance for small states in an increasingly competitive global setting. Several chapters call for some kind of comprehensive strategy for the region to cope with globalization, but the nature of such a strategy is not spelled out, and the final section does not provide overall conclusions. The bulk of the book focuses on economic challenges of globalization for the small Caribbean states; other sections examine state and foreign policy in a global setting; size, resources, and strategy in the global economy; trends in bilateral relations and regional cooperation; challenges for democracy in the Caribbean; international trade policy; and liberalization, globalization and the Caribbean financial sector. The chapters are nearly all strong and well organized. Most of the authors including the editor are from the region and fully recognize the problems posed by globalization for small states and the need for integrated, appropriate responses. However, there is considerable repetition; greater attention to political and strategic aspects of globalization would have provided a more comprehensive treatment. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. M. A. Morris Clemson University