Caribbean Labor and Politics: Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley

by Alma H. Young

Book Overview

Having more in common than their deaths on the same day in 1997, the late Cheddi Jagan of Guyana and Michael Manley of Jamaica both represented a radical perspective in modern Caribbean politics. Jagan and Manley each had a bold and creative ability to connect labor and politics and made it their priority to minimize poverty and inequality and to enhance the welfare of the Caribbean's disadvantaged and dispossessed. Caribbean Labor and Politics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814332110
• ISBN13: 9780814332115
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"