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- catalog abstract "The political evolution of three former colonies into independence and beyond is studied via an examination of the existing literature and through interviews with journalists, scholars and politicians. These countries appear to uphold the conventional wisdom, since Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have been continuously democratic since independence, while Surinam has not. It is clear from the author's research that the similarities in the political evolution of these countries far outweigh the differences. In particular, the British in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dutch in Surinam, developed similar state structures - simultaneously liberal and authoritarian. However, in two countries, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the emergence of political parties was linked to labor protests, while this linkage, though not the protest, was absent in Surinam. Democratic politics in the former two countries turns out to rest on a two way alliance between the middle and lower classes, embedded in a paternalistic state structure inherited from the colonial period. In Surinam, the absence of this alliance rendered democracy more vulnerable. The author concludes that while the peoples of the Caribbean did not fight long struggles for independence, they have been able to preserve the least poisoned gift of the colonizer - democracy.".
- catalog contributor b10761077.
- catalog coverage "Jamaica Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "Suriname Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "Trinidad and Tobago Politics and government.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Ch. I. Democracy in the Post-Colonial World -- Ch. II. Colonial Rule and Decolonization -- Ch. III. Jamaica: Institutionalizing a Two-Party System -- Ch. IV. Trinidad and Tobago: A Dominant Party System -- Ch. V. Surinam: Consociationalism and Democratic Revival -- Ch. VI. Decolonized Democracy in the Caribbean -- Appendix. Political Parties in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Surinam.".
- catalog description "However, in two countries, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the emergence of political parties was linked to labor protests, while this linkage, though not the protest, was absent in Surinam. Democratic politics in the former two countries turns out to rest on a two way alliance between the middle and lower classes, embedded in a paternalistic state structure inherited from the colonial period. In Surinam, the absence of this alliance rendered democracy more vulnerable. The author concludes that while the peoples of the Caribbean did not fight long struggles for independence, they have been able to preserve the least poisoned gift of the colonizer - democracy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The political evolution of three former colonies into independence and beyond is studied via an examination of the existing literature and through interviews with journalists, scholars and politicians. These countries appear to uphold the conventional wisdom, since Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have been continuously democratic since independence, while Surinam has not. It is clear from the author's research that the similarities in the political evolution of these countries far outweigh the differences. In particular, the British in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dutch in Surinam, developed similar state structures - simultaneously liberal and authoritarian.".
- catalog extent "viii, 216 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Class alliances and the liberal authoritarian state.".
- catalog identifier "0865435464 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0865435472 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Class alliances and the liberal authoritarian state.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press,".
- catalog relation "Class alliances and the liberal authoritarian state.".
- catalog spatial "Jamaica Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Jamaica.".
- catalog spatial "Suriname Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Suriname.".
- catalog spatial "Trinidad and Tobago Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Trinidad and Tobago.".
- catalog subject "320.9729 21".
- catalog subject "Democracy Jamaica.".
- catalog subject "Democracy Suriname.".
- catalog subject "Democracy Trinidad and Tobago.".
- catalog subject "JL639.A15 L43 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. I. Democracy in the Post-Colonial World -- Ch. II. Colonial Rule and Decolonization -- Ch. III. Jamaica: Institutionalizing a Two-Party System -- Ch. IV. Trinidad and Tobago: A Dominant Party System -- Ch. V. Surinam: Consociationalism and Democratic Revival -- Ch. VI. Decolonized Democracy in the Caribbean -- Appendix. Political Parties in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Surinam.".
- catalog title "Class alliances and the liberal authoritarian state : the roots of post-colonial democracy in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Surinam / F.S.J. Ledgister.".
- catalog type "text".