TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meighoo, Kirk Peter.
TI  - Politics in a 'half made society': Trinidad and Tobago, 1925-2001 
SN  - 1558763066
AV  - F2121 .M44 2003
U1  - 972.983/03 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Kingston, Jamaica, Oxford, Princeton, NJ
PB  - Ian Randle Publishers, James Currey, M. Wiener Publishers
KW  - Williams, Eric Eustace,
KW  - People's National Movement
KW  - fast
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Trinidad and Tobago
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - 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"
ER  -