Decolonization in St. Lucia: Politics and Global Neoliberalism, 1945-2010

by Tennyson S. D. Joseph

Book Overview

Tennyson S. D. Joseph builds upon current research on the anticolonial and nationalist experience in the Caribbean. He explores the impact of global transformation upon the independent experience of St. Lucia and argues that the island's formal decolonization roughly coincided with the period of the rise of global neoliberalism hegemony. Consequently, the concept of "limited sovereignty" became the defining feature of St. Lucia's understanding of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161703827X
• ISBN13: 9781617038273
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"