Caribbean labor and politics : legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley / edited by Perry Mars and Alma H. Young.

"This edited volume grows out of a conference held at Wayne State University in April 1998 that analyzed the lives and politics of two great leaders of the Caribbean, Cheddi Jagan of Guyana and Michael Manley of Jamaica"--Acknowledgements.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250) and index.

Part 1: Life and times of the men. Michael Manley: a personal perspective / Norman Girvan -- Legacies of Cheddi Jagan / Brindley H. Benn -- Dr. Cheddi Jagan: the making of a movement intellectual / Maurice St. Pierre -- Michael Manley, trade unionism, and the politics of equality / Anthony Bogues -- Colonialism, political policing, and the Jagan years / Joan Mars -- Part 2: Labor-politics nexus. Guyana, Jamaica, and the cold war project: the transformation of Caribbean labor / Hilbourne Watson -- Globalization, economic fallout, and the crisis of organized labor in the Caribbean / Clive Thomas -- Ethno-politics and the Caribbean working-class project: contributions of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley / Perry Mars -- Women trade union leaders in the anglophone Caribbean / A. Lynn Bolles -- Part 3: Critical current challenges. Global economic crisis and Caribbean women's survival strategies / Alma H. Young and Kristine B. Miranne -- The Caribbean and drugs: challenges in local-global context / Ivelaw L. Griffith -- The role of emigration in the Caribbean development process / Monica H. Gordon.

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