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Politics in a 'half made society' : Trinidad and Tobago, 1925-2001 / Kirk Peter Meighoo.

By: Publication details: Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle Publishers ; Oxford : James Currey ; Princeton, NJ : M. Wiener Publishers, 2003.Description: xxxiv, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1558763066
  • 9781558763067
  • 1558763074
  • 9781558763074
  • 0852558732
  • 9780852558737
  • 9766370796
  • 9789766370794
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Politics in a 'half made society'DDC classification:
  • 972.983/03 21
LOC classification:
  • F2121 .M44 2003
Contents:
Prelude to self-government. 1. The establishment of electoral politics, 1925-53: "We are all individuals" -- Pt. 1. The long reign of Eric Williams, 1956-81. 2. The Coming to power of Eric Williams, 1954-62: "PNM against the rest" -- 3. Politics in the independence period, 1962-81: "Right back to 1956" -- Pt. 2. Paved with good intentions: the rise and fall of the National Alliance for Reconstruction, 1981-91. 4. The fall of the PNM, 1981-6: "All ah we tief" -- 5. The fall of the NAR, 1987-91: "Between good intentions and effective implementation" -- Pt. 3. Toward stalemate: structural adjustment, Indian arrival, and slim majorities. 6. The fall of the Manning administration, 1992-95: "Father of the nation" -- 7. The UNC government, 1995-2001: "None shall escape unscathed".
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-439) and index.

Prelude to self-government. 1. The establishment of electoral politics, 1925-53: "We are all individuals" -- Pt. 1. The long reign of Eric Williams, 1956-81. 2. The Coming to power of Eric Williams, 1954-62: "PNM against the rest" -- 3. Politics in the independence period, 1962-81: "Right back to 1956" -- Pt. 2. Paved with good intentions: the rise and fall of the National Alliance for Reconstruction, 1981-91. 4. The fall of the PNM, 1981-6: "All ah we tief" -- 5. The fall of the NAR, 1987-91: "Between good intentions and effective implementation" -- Pt. 3. Toward stalemate: structural adjustment, Indian arrival, and slim majorities. 6. The fall of the Manning administration, 1992-95: "Father of the nation" -- 7. The UNC government, 1995-2001: "None shall escape unscathed".

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