In the Shadows of the Sun: Caribbean Development Alternatives and U.S. Policy

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables and Illustrations
List of Features
Acknowledgments
1 THE SETTING
	The Caribbean Produces What It Does Not Consume
	Class, Race, and Gender Hierarchies
	Beyond the Lost Development Decade
	Notes
2 THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
	The Making of a Crisis
	The Balance Sheet
	The Role of the IMF
	Deepening the Crisis: Structural Adjustment Policies
	Notes
3 IMPACT OF THE CRISIS ON POOR WOMEN AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS
	How the Crunch Is Felt
	How Households Survive
	Notes
4 STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND THE QUEST FOR PARTICIPATION
	The Politics of Structural Adjustment
	Cleavages in the Traditional Institutions of Political Power
	The Awakening at the Grassroots
	The Empowerment of Women
	Notes
5 THE HISTORICAL LEGACY: U.S.-CARIBBEAN RELATIONS
	The Period of Expansionism
	World War II to the 1960s: The Structure of U.S. Hegemony
	The 1970s to the Present: The Challenge to U.S. Hegemony
	Notes
6 THE CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE
	Strategies Behind the CBI
	The Impact of CBERA
	U.S. Economic and Military Assistance
	Export Diversification and the Problem of Development
	Notes
7 BEYOND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT: ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
	The Caribbean in the International Economy
	Regional Integration
	A New National Model of Accumulation
	Democratization at the Workplace
	Community Participation
	Equity in the Household
	Conclusion
	Notes
8 OUT OF THE SHADOW: ALTERNATIVE U.S. POLICIES TOWARD THE CARIBBEAN
	Out of the Debt Shadow
	U.S. Sugar Quotas: Easing the Crunch
	U.S. Trade Policy: Making Changes
	U.S. Migration Policy: Making Room
	U.S. Development Assistance: Changing Priorities
	U.S. Military Policy: Letting Go
	Reconciliation with Cuba
	Puerto Rico in the Caribbean
	Conclusion
	Notes
About the Book
About the Authors
Index