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Regional experts have long noted the surprising rate of democratization in the Caribbean. Ten out of the twelve English-speaking Caribbean island-states -- among a total of sixteen independent Caribbean nations -- have maintained relatively stable democracies since independence, a better rate of success than that of Latin America. In Democracy In The Caribbean sixteen Caribbean area specialists offer both global and regional perspectives in an effort to explain why this is so.

Jorgb I. Dominguez is professor in the Center for International Affairs Harvard University. Robert A. Pastor is professor and director Latin American and Caribbean Program at the Carter Presidential Center, Emory University. R. Delisle Worrell is deputy director of the Central Bank of Barbados.

Foreword	p. vii
The Caribbean Question: Why Has Liberal Democracy (Surprisingly) Flourished?	p. 1
Politics and Societies
The Societies of the Caribbean since Independence	p. 29
The Internationalization of Corruption and Violence: Threats to the Caribbean in the Post-Cold War World	p. 42
Westminster Adapted: The Political Order of the Commonwealth Caribbean	p. 57
The Future of Democracy in the Caribbean	p. 74
Cases
The Eastern Caribbean States: Fledgling Sovereignties in the Global Environment	p. 99
Structural Adjustment and the Ethnic Factor in Caribbean Societies	p. 122
The Dominican Republic: Contemporary Problems and Challenges	p. 150
The Role of the Puerto Rican People in the Caribbean	p. 173
Policy
The Economies of the English-speaking Caribbean since 1960	p. 189
The International Economy and the Caribbean: The 1990s and Beyond	p. 212
The Drug Problem: Policy Options for Caribbean Countries	p. 229
The Future of Regional Security in the Caribbean	p. 238
Twenty-first Century Challenges for the Caribbean and the United States: Toward a New Horizon	p. 255
Notes	p. 277
Contributors	p. 303
Index	p. 305
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Democracy in the Caribbean

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