GT22D - POLITICS IN THE CARIBBEAN.
[A] ELECTIONS AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS.- Different electoral systems. - Electoral controversies.
1. Emmanuel, Patrick, A.M: Governance and Democracy in the Commonwealth Caribbean: An Introduction, 1993, chapters: 3, pp. 16-57 2. Jergen Elkit, Palle Svensson: “What Makes Elections Free and Fair”, Journal of Democracy, vol. 8, no. 3, July 1997 3. Will, W. Marvin: “NGOs and IGOs as Promoters of Liberal Democracy in the Caribbean: Cases from Nicaragua and Guyana”, in Democracy and Human Rights in the Caribbean, edited by Ivelaw Griffith and Betty N Sedoc – Dahlberg, 1997, pp. 51-73 4. Stone, Carl: Democracy and Clientelism in Jamaica, chapter 6 5. Citizens Action For Free and Fair Elections: The 1997 General Elections in Jamaica. 6. Report Of The National Committee on Political Tribalism, July 23, 1997 7. Electoral Advisory Committee Report To Parliament on Electoral Reform, August 13, 1997 8. Elections Around the World www.agora.est.it/elect5ions/election.html 9. Political Database of the Americas www.georgetown.edu/pdba/english.html
[B] POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY SYSTEMS. 
- Party Systems. - Dominant Party Patterns. - New Parties and Party dynamics.
1. Emmanuel, Patrick: Governance and Democracy in The Commonwealth Caribbean: An Introduction, 1993, chapter 7, pp. 100-106 2. Elections Around the World www.agora.est.it/elections/election.html 3. Political Database of the Americas www.georgetown.edu/pdba/english.html 4. Peters, Donald: The Democratic system in the Eastern Caribbean, chapter 3
[C] HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. - The state of human rights. - The state of human development. - The comapartive performance of Caribbean countries.
1. Kaufman, Michael: “Some Observations on the Caribbean”, in Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Peter Blanchard and Peter Landstreet, 1989, pp. 109-118 2. http://www.amnesty.org 3. Human Development Report 1999. United Nations Development Programme 4. Griffith, Ivelaw L. and Sedoc-Dahlberg, Betty N (eds.): Democracy and Human Rights in the Caribbean, 1997.
[D] RACE AND ETHNICITY 1. Gooderough, Stephanie: “Race, Status and Ecology in Port of Spain, Trinidad”, in Caribbean Social Relations, edited by Colin Clarke, 1978, pp. 17-45 2. Mack, Raymond W: “Race, Class and Power in Barbados”, in The Democratic Revolution in the West Indies, edited by Wendell Bell, 1967, pp. 140-164 3. Greene, J.E. : Race Vs Politics in Guyana, 1974 4. Yelvington, Kevin: Trinidad Ethnicity, 1993 5. Premdas, Ralf, R: "Race, Politics and Succession in Trinidad and Guyana", in Modern Caribbean Politics, 1993, pp. 98-124 6. Ryan, Selwyn: “Structural Adjustment and the Ethnic Factor in Caribbean Societies”, in Democracy in the Caribbean, edited by Jorge I. Dominguez, Robert A. Pastor, R. DeLisle Worrell, 1993, pp. 122-149 7. Stone, Carl: Class, Race and Political Behaviour In Urban Jamaica, 1973
[E] CRIME, CORRUPTION AND JUSTICE. - The nature of crime and corruption. - The nature of justice. - The state and security.
1. http://www.gwdg.de/~uwvw/cpi1998.html 2. http://www.transparency.com 3. Griffith, Ivelaw L. and Munroe, Trevor: ‘Drugs and Democratic Governance in the Caribbean”, in Democracy and Human Rights in the Caribbean, edited by Ivelaw L. Griffith and Betty N. Sedoc-Dahlberg, 1997, pp. 74-94 4. Maingot, Anthony, P: “The Offshore Caribbean”, in Modern Caribbean Politics, edited by Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, 1993, pp. 259-176 5. Maingot, Anthony, P: “The Internationalization of Corruption and Violence: Threats to the Caribbean in the Post-Cold War World”, in Democracy in the Caribbean, edited by Jorge I. Dominguez, Robert A. Pastor, R. DeLeslie Worrell, 1993, pp.42-56 6. Sanders, Ron: “The Drug Problem: Policy Options for Caribbean Countries”, in Democracy in the Caribbean, edited by Jorge I. Dominguez, Robert A. Pastor, r. DeLisle Worrell, 1993, pp. 229-237 7. Griffith, Ivelaw, L: Drugs and Security in the Caribbean: Sovereignty Under Siege, 1997.
[F] POLITICAL OPPOSITION. - Oppositional Movements. - Violent and Peaceful Opposition. - The Oppositional Agenda.
1. Meeks, Brian: Radical Caribbean, 1996, chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, 8
[G] MODERNIZING DEMOCRACY.
- Constitutional Reform. - Political Modernization.
1. Emmanuel, Patrick: Governance and Democracy in the Commonwealth Caribbean: An Introduction, 1993 2. Alexis, Francis: Changing Caribbean Constitutions, 1985 3. Stotzky, Irvin P: Silencing the Guns in Haiti, 1997 4. Buddan, Robert: "Constitutional Reform and Political Modernisation in Jamaica, 1975-1995" Mimeo, U.W.I, Mona, September 1999
[H] GLOBAL CARIBBEAN: CONTEMPORARY MODELS of DEVELOPMENT - The Wider Caribbean. - The state of Caribbean Integration. - The impact of globalism and Development Models.
1. Greene, J. Edward: “External Influences and Stability in the Caribbean”, in Peace, Development and Security in the Caribbean, edited by Anthony T. Bryan, J. Edward Greene and Timothy M. Shaw, 1990, pp. 205-223 2. Francis, Anselm: “Threats to Territorial Integrity”, in Peace, Development and Security in the Caribbean, edited by Anthony T. Bryan, J. Edward Greene and Timothy M. Shaw, 1990, pp. 224-240 3. Nettleford, Rex: “Threats to National and Cultural Identity”, in Peace, Development and Security in the Caribbean, edited by Anthony T. Bryan, J. Edward Greene and Timothy M. Shaw, 1990, pp. 241-254 4. Linton, Neville, O: “International, National and regional Initiatives to Enhance Security Through Exchange of Information and Diplomacy – The Commonwealth Report Revisited”, in Peace, Development and Security in the Caribbean, edited by Anthony T. Bryan, J. Edward Greene and Timothy M. Shaw, 1990, pp. 257-280. 5. Lewis, Vaughan, A: “International, National and Regional Security Arrangements in the Caribbean”, in Peace, Development and Security in the Caribbean, edited by Anthony T. Bryan, J. Edward Greene and Timothy M. Shaw, 1990, pp. 281-298. 6. Axline, W. Andrew: “Lessons for the Caribbean from Small States of Other Regions”, in Peace, Development and Security in the Caribbean, edited by Anthony T. Bryan, J. Edward Greene and Timothy M. Shaw, 1990, pp. 299-320. 7. Quick, Stephen, A: “The International Economy and the Caribbean: The 1990s and Beyond”, in Democracy in the Caribbean, edited by Jorge I. Dominguez, Robert A. Pastor, DeLisle Worrell, 1993, pp. 212-228
Robert Buddan Department of Government. June 28, 1999. 
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