UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES

DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT

GT34A: Contemporary International Relations of the Caribbean

Semester I AY 2004-5 (September – December)

Lecturer: Dr. D. Thorburn

Class time and place: Fridays 12-2, N1

Office: Sir Alister McIntyre Building #9, Room 5

Office hours: Thursday and Friday 2,30-3,30, or by appointment

Course Description

Caribbean countries today arguably face the same political and economic challenges that they have since independence: they are constrained by small size and apparently insurmountable obstacles to realize sustainable and independent economic development. This course introduces the theory and practice of Caribbean foreign policy, from independence to present day. We will primarily examine the English speaking Caribbean, but we will also consider the non-English speaking Caribbean as we explore the background to and present-day challenges of economic development, regional integration, and prestige and relevance as international actors. We will also explore the relationships with specific countries and regions.

By the end of the course the students should have an appreciation and critical understanding of the basis and rationale for the political and economic position of the Caribbean in the international arena, and basic knowledge of the historical trajectory of Caribbean foreign policy.

This is a demanding course with a considerable work load. However, the course schedule and requirements have been structured in such a way that, along with your own efforts to plan your time and pace yourself, the course is entirely manageable. Each assignment will contribute to the next, so there will be a continuous accumulation of knowledge of the subject matter as you progress in the course. And of course, as with most other courses, you will get from it what you put in.

Course Requirements

Students will be assessed based on the following:

Tutorial attendance, participation and assignments	5%
Course journal	5%	Examined throughout the semester
Midterm test	10%	29 October
One 12-15 page research paper	20%	Due 19 November
Final examination	60%

Books and Readings

There are a number of possible texts one could purchase for this course. I have listed a number of texts here that will be useful to you in this course (and beyond if you are pursuing further studies, or just for your personal library as a Caribbean person). I have requested that the bookstore order them. Where possible, the readings are available via the course website. The library is closed indefinitely due to Hurricane Ivan, so arrangements for what would normally be on reserve will be discussed once there is definite information with which to proceed.

The readings and the lectures are complementary, and students should note that the midterm test and final exam may cover material in the readings, even where the topic was not covered in lecture in detail. The readings will also be useful for background information, and for your papers. There are, of course, other titles in the library and in the West Indian collection that are also relevant and useful for the course and for your research papers.

NB. While it would be great if you read ALL the readings listed for each lecture, I do realize that this is expecting a lot. In any case, I do expect that you read at least two of the selections, and thereafter as many more as you can manage. Note, however, that the readings are helpful for your course journals.

Recommended Books

Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner, The Caribbean in World Affairs: External Relations of the English-Speaking Caribbean, 2^nd ed., Westview Press, 2004. (still not published!)

Ivelaw Griffith, ed. Caribbean Security in the Age of Terror: Challenge and Change, Ian Randle Press, 2004.

Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behaviour, edited by Jeanne A. K. Hey, Lynne Rienner, 2003.

Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, Charting Caribbean Development, London: MacMillan Education, 2001.

Also Useful

Randolph B. Persaud, Counter-Hegemony and Foreign Policy: The Dialectics of Marginalized and Global Forces in Jamaica, SUNY Press, 2001.

Patsy Lewis, Surviving Small Size: Regional Integration in Caribbean Ministates, Ian Randle, 2002.

Kenneth O. Hall and Dennis Benn, eds. Governance in the Age of Globalisation: Caribbean Perspectives. Ian Randle, 2003.

Richard S. Hillman and Thomas J. D’Agostino (eds.), Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean, Lynne Rienner, 2003.

Aarón Gamaliel Ramos and Angel Israel Rivera (eds.), Islands at the Crossroads: Politics in the Non-Independent Caribbean. Ian Randle/Lynne Rienner, 2001.

Holger Henke, Between Self-Determination and Dependency: Jamaica’s Foreign Relations 1972-1989. Mona: UWI Press, 2000.

G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999.

Michael C. Desch, Jorge I. Domínguez, and Andrés Serbin, From Pirates to Drug Lords: The Post-Cold War Caribbean Security Environment, State University of New York Press, 1998.

Thomas Klak (ed.), Globalisation and Neoliberalism: The Caribbean Context, Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.

Andrés Serbin, Sunset over the Islands: The Caribbean in the Face of Globalization, Macmillan, London, 1998.

Anna Dickson, Development and International Relations: A Critical Introduction. Polity Press, 1997.

Helpful Hint

David Jessop’s and Ricky Singh’s columns in the Jamaica Observer are useful for keeping up with Caribbean regional news. The daily broadcast of the BBC Caribbean News at 6,05am and 7,10am, and the “Caribbean Report”, at 4,15pm, on the BBC World Service at FM104, is also useful in this regard. KLAS FM89 has a show on Thursday mornings called Trade Talk, hosted by Rosalie Hamilton, at 7,45am.

International news is well encapsulated and analysed on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”, broadcast on Radio Mona FM93 weekdays at 3pm and Sundays 4pm. (After October 31, the show will broadcast weekdays at 4pm and Sundays at 5pm.)

The Sunday New York Times contains a wealth of current news and information on a wide variety of topics, including international news. It is available in Kingston generally by Tuesday or Wednesday at Bookland and some pharmacies.

Written assignments

This course emphasizes good writing and critical thinking—effective communication of ideas and information with good style, English and grammar. Many of you in this course are final year students who will be looking for jobs or applying to graduate programmes soon. One of the most important skills that employers and graduate schools look for is good writing. Some of you might want to use one or more of the written assignments in this course as writing samples when applying for jobs or graduate school. Be sure to download, print and consult the handout “How to write a paper” available on the course website, for presentation format, and other useful tips on grammar and style. As final year students, you are expected to know and be able to use correct referencing techniques. If you are in any doubt in this regard, seek help BEFORE your first assignment is due.

NB. You must use more than internet resources for your written assignments. Your references must include AT LEAST two journal articles, and AT LEAST two books. These references must be apart from those already on the course outline reading list!

Be sure to follow these guidelines for your essays and papers:

Papers must be typed. No handwritten papers will be accepted.
No plastic or manila file jacket covers. They will be discarded.
Do not put your name on your paper, only your ID number.
Make sure you have a hard copy of your paper for yourself, just in case.
Number your pages.
Cover page to be set out as follows (exactly!)

University of the West Indies, Mona

GT34A – CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN

Semester I 2004

Lecturer: Dr. D. Thorburn

Tutor Name:

[Title of assignment]

[Date assignment is being submitted]

[Student ID Number]

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is one of the most serious offenses in the academic world. It has occurred as long as there have been teachers and students, but the recent growth of the Internet has made the problem much worse. Recent studies indicate that approximately 30 percent of all North American university students may be plagiarizing on every written assignment they complete (for more information see: www.plagiarism.org). Anecdotal evidence from the University of the West Indies suggests a similar phenomenon

• Plagiarism is a form of cheating.

• Plagiarism is the unauthorized and/or unacknowledged use of another person’s intellectual efforts and creations howsoever recorded, including whether formally published or in manuscript or in typescript or other printed or electronically presented form.

• Plagiarism involves presenting someone else’s words or ideas without giving proper credit.

• Plagiarism includes taking passages, ideas or structures from another work or author without proper and unequivocal attribution of such source(s), using the conventions for attributions or citing used at UWI.

• Since any piece of work submitted by a student must be that student’s own work, all forms of cheating including plagiarism are forbidden (UWI Exams Regulations).

• Plagiarism also involves taking material from the internet without acknowledging or giving proper credit.

• Punishment for plagiarism can range from a failing grade for that paper, or for the course, to suspension from the university from one to seven years.

What constitutes plagiarism?

(a) if you present someone else’s words as though they were your own (by seeming to summarize or paraphrase when in fact you quote directly) or

(b) if you present someone else’s ideas without giving proper credit (by failing to document at all). Punishment depends on the extent of the offense.

Remember: any plagiarism violates academic integrity, so anything beyond the most minor, accidental plagiarism will usually result in a zero grade for a paper, with no chance to rewrite (FSS Handbook).

One more thing… you will be caught. I have caught scores of students over the past few years, and it is not worth it.

Course Journal

The journal, while it will count for 10% of your grade, is not a “paper” in a formal way. The purpose of the journal is to demonstrate that you have thought about the lecture and what you have read and experienced in and out of the class. This can include:

· Your reactions, questions, criticisms and insights on the information you are being presented with in the course

· Your summaries of readings

· Your comments on news stories you have been following

· Your thoughts on the course and its subject matter

Journals are turned in several times during the semester and give a more objective basis for assessing your tutorial participation grade. Use a simple exercise book to use for your journal (not loose leaf folder paper).

Tutorials

Attendance at tutorials is compulsory and will be considered as part of your grade.

Students who miss more than three tutorials will get a zero for their tutorial grade, regardless of other tutorial sessions attended.

Tutorials will comprise discussions and analyses of Caribbean and international news. Students will be required to make presentations in tutorials, based on close reading of the news for one week (more details in tutorial handout.)

The participation component of your grade will be based in large part on the quality of these presentations.

Internet Resources

We will use the internet extensively in this course.

There is a website dedicated to the course. The address is: http://dthorburn.tripod.com

There you will find all course handouts, links to relevant websites, and each week the lecture notes will be posted. There is also an on-line lecture and reading schedule with links to the readings that are available on the internet.

You are expected to download and print the lecture notes, and bring them to class with you.

Cellular Phone Policy

No cell phones are to be seen in class at any time. This includes cell phones on the desks. Should a phone be visible, the owner will be asked to leave the class. If a phone rings, the owner of the phone will be asked to leave the class.

LECTURE SCHEDULE AND READINGS

(many readings are available online via the course website)

Lecture	Date	LECTURE TOPIC	RECOMMENDED READING
1	24-Sept	A: Theory Introduction to course; Definitions of the Region; Review of basic foreign policy concepts.	Thomas D. Boswell, “The Caribbean: A Geographic Preface,” Ch 2 in Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean, edited by Richard S. Hillman and Thomas J. D’Agostino, Lynne Rienner, 2003. (NB. Chs 3-5 are helpful for a review of Caribbean history, politics and economy.) G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Chs 1&2. Aarón Gamaliel Ramos and Angel Israel Rivera (eds.), Islands at the Crossroads: Politics in the Non-Independent Caribbean. Ian Randle/Lynne Rienner, 2001. (Skim entire) Andrés Serbin, Sunset over the Islands: The Caribbean in the Face of Globalization, Macmillan, London, 1998, ch 2. Anna Dickson, Development and International Relations: A Critical Introduction. Polity Press, 1997. Ch 1, “Development and International Relations.” Jorge Heine, “Postplantation Societies and World Order,” Ch. 10 in Latin American Nations in World Politics, 2^nd ed., edited by Heraldo Muñoz and Joseph S. Tulchin, Westview Press, 1996. Penguin Dictionary of International Relations, pp. 179, 197, 303, 344, 446.
2	1-Oct	Foreign policy and small size; Theories of Caribbean foreign policy	G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Ch.s 1 & 4. Dennis Conway, “Microstates in a Macroworld”, ch. 3 in Globalisation and Neoliberalism: The Caribbean Context, edited by Thomas Klak, Rowman and Littlefield, 1998. Jeanne A.K. Hey, “Introducing Small State Foreign Policy,” ch. 1 in Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behaviour, edited by Jeanne A. K. Hey, Lynne Rienner, 2003. Stephanie G. Neuman, “International Relations Theory and the Third World: An Oxymoron?” Ch. 1 in International Relations Theory and the Third World, edited by Stephanie G. Neuman, St. Martin’s Press, 2001. Lloyd Best, “Size and Survival,” New World Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 3, 1966. Reprinted in Readings in the Political Economy of the Caribbean, edited by Norman Girvan and Owen Jefferson. Andrés Serbin, Sunset over the Islands: The Caribbean in the Face of Globalization, Macmillan, London, 1998, ch. 1. William Demas, “The Political Economy of the English speaking Caribbean: A Summary View.” Caribbean Ecumenical Consultation for Development, Study Paper No. 4. 1971 Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC Jacqueline-Anne Braveboy-Wagner, “The English speaking Caribbean States: A Triad of Foreign Policies,” ch. 3 in Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behaviour, edited by Jeanne A. K. Hey, Lynne Rienner, 2003. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC Jacqueline-Anne Braveboy-Wagner, “Making Room for the Smallest States,” ch. 9 in The Foreign Policies of the Global South: Rethinking Conceptual Frameworks, edited by Jacqueline-Anne Braveboy-Wagner, Lynne Rienner, 2003.
3	8-Oct I will be away and would like to have a make up lecture for this class on Monday 11 October	B: General Chronology Overview of the first two decades of independence- Integration, the Cold War and the quest for self-determination	Don Mills, “Jamaica’s International Relations in Independence,” in Jamaica in Independence: Essays on the Early Years, edited by Rex Nettleford, Heinemann Publishers, 131-171. Patsy Lewis, Surviving Small Size: Regional Integration in Caribbean Ministates, Ian Randle, 2002, chs 1-3. Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, Charting Caribbean Development, London: MacMillan, 2001, ch. 7. G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Ch. 7. Magnus Blomstrom and Bjorn Hettne, Development Theory in Transition: The Dependency Debate and Beyond: Third World Responses. Ch. 5: “Dependency Theory in Action: Caribbean Approaches to Underdevelopment.” Zed Books, 1984. H. Michael Erisman, “International Relations,” Ch. 6 in Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean, edited by Richard S. Hillman and Thomas J. D’Agostino, Lynne Rienner, 2003. Stephen Vasciannie, “Grenada from afar”. Gleaner. November 3, 2003. Available online http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20031103/cleisure/cleisure2.html and https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/grenada.htm “Grenada, then and now”. October 16th 2003. The Economist Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/grenadaeconomist.htm Michael Manley. “Revolution and Myth.” The New York Times, August 13, 1981. Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt35m/1981manley.htm
4	15-Oct	The 1980s: structural adjustment and the end of the Cold War	Pastor, Robert. “Sinking in the Caribbean Basin.” Foreign Affairs, Summer 1982, Vol. 60 Issue 5. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC Edward Seaga, “Central America and the Caribbean: The Continuing Crisis.” World Affairs, Fall80, Vol. 143 Issue 2, p135. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC Ramesh Ramsaran, “Domestic policy, the external environment, and the economic crisis in the Caribbean,” in Modern Caribbean Politics, edited by Payne and Sutton, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Jean Grugel, “Regional Development,” Ch. 5 in Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin: Central America and the Caribbean in the New World Order, Indiana University Press, 1995. Patsy Lewis, Surviving Small Size: Regional Integration in Caribbean Ministates, Ian Randle, 2002, ch. 5. Anthony Payne, “Jamaica: The End of the Postcolonial Era.” Chap. 4. in Foreign Policy and Regionalism in the Americas, edited by G. Mace and J-P. Therien, Lynne Rienner, 1996.
5	18-Oct Heroes Day make up class for Ivan	The 1990s: Globalisation and the Caribbean; the changed global & hemispheric diplomatic landscape.	L. Searwar, Diplomacy for Survival: CARICOM States in a World of Change, FES, Kingston, Jamaica, 1991. Gautam Sen. “Developing States and the End of the Cold War: Liberalization, Globalisation, and their Consequences.” In The Third World Beyond the Cold War: Continuity and Change, edited by Louise Fawcett and Yezid Sayigh, Oxford University Press, 1999. Andrés Serbin, Sunset over the Islands: The Caribbean in the Face of Globalization, Macmillan, London, 1998, chs 3 & 4. Robert Pastor and Richard Fletcher, “The Caribbean in the 21st century”. Foreign Affairs; Summer91, Vol. 70 Issue 3, p98. Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/caribbean21stC.htm Andres Serbin, “The Caribbean: Myths and realities for the 1990s.” Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs; Summer90, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p121. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC John Williamson, “What Washington Means by Policy Reform.” Ch. 2 from Latin American Adjustment: How Much Has Happened? Edited by John Williamson. Published April 1990. [The original “Washington Consensus” article.] Available online http://www.iie.com/publications/papers/williamson1102-2.htm https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/washingtonconsensus.htm Excerpts from Andres Velasco, “Dependency Theory”, Foreign Policy, Nov/Oct2002, Issue 133; and Moises Naim, “Fads and Fashion in Economic Reforms: Washington Consensus or Washington Confusion?” Third World Quarterly 21, 3, 2000. https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles/dependencyredux.htm Sanders, Ronald M. The Growing Vulnerability Of Small States: The Caribbean Revisited. Round Table July 1997 Issue 343, p361 Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/growingvulnerability.htm
6	22-Oct	C: External Relations: The English speaking Caribbean and the rest of the world; Cuba in the international system	Rosemarijn van Hoefte, “Caribbean Culture: Ethnic Identity Issues—The Case of Suriname,” ch. 10 in Caribbean Public Policy: Regional, Cultural and Socioeconomic Issues for the 21^st Century, edited by Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner and Dennis J. Gayle, Westview Press, 1997. Damián Fernández and Olga Nazarío, “Regional Trends: Cuba-Caribbean Community Relations,” ch. 6 in Caribbean Public Policy: Regional, Cultural and Socioeconomic Issues for the 21^st Century, edited by Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner and Dennis J. Gayle, Westview Press, 1997. H. Michael Erisman, “The Odyssey of Revolution in Cuba,” in Payne and Sutton, eds., Modern Caribbean Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, 212-237. Jorge Dominguez, “Cuban Foreign Policy and the International System,” ch. 7 in Latin America in the New International System, edited by Joseph Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach, 2000. Juan M. del Aguila, “Cuba Adapts to a Brave New World,” Ch. 4 in Latin American Nations in World Politics, 2^nd ed., edited by Heraldo Muñoz and Joseph S. Tulchin, Westview Press, 1996. Selection of articles on Helms-Burtons and the SuperClubs issue from the Miami Herald, June-July 2004. https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//superclubs.htm CSME facts and history from CARICOM and the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://www.caricom.org/archives/caricom-history.htm http://www.caricom.org/archives/2spcsmebackground.htm http://www.mfaft.gov.jm/Intl_Community/Caricom.htm Bryan, Anthony and Bryan Roget “The New Face of Regionalism in the Caribbean: The Western Hemisphere Dynamic”, Dante B. Fascell North-South Center Papers and Reports, Agenda Paper 35, 1999. Available online http://www.miami.edu/nsc/publications/pub-ap-pdf/35AP.pdf Ch.s 11-14 in Democracy in the Caribbean: Political, Economic and Social Perspectives, edited by Jorge I. Domínguez, Robert A. Pastor, and R. Delisle Worrell, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Emilio Pantojas-Garcia, “Islands Apart: The Caribbean struggles to keep pace with free trade,” Hemisphere: A Magazine of the Americas; Fall 1998, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p20. Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/islandsapart.htm Emilio Pantojas-Garcia, “Trade Liberalization and Peripheral Postindustrialization in the Caribbean.” Latin American Politics & Society Spring 2001, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p57. Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/peripheral.htm Anna Dickson, Development and International Relations: A Critical Introduction. Polity Press, 1997. Ch 7, “International Commodity Trade and Development.” Ivor Carryl. ‘Work Programme: To Complete Establishment of the CSME – Scope and Priorities’, June 2004. https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//csmeworkprogramme.htm David Jessop, “View from Europe - 3 years left for Caribbean sugar”. Trinidad Express 25 June 2004. https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//3yearsforsugar.htm
7	29-Oct	Midterm and film	In class midterm test (one hour) You will be tested on lecture notes and readings up to Lecture 6 Film: Life and Debt (1 hr 26 mins)
8	5-Nov	Haitian foreign policy; The English speaking Caribbean and Haiti	J. Michael Dash, "Paved with Good Intentions: Relations between Haiti and CARICOM 1986 - 1996”, in B. Moore and S. Wilmot (eds.), Before and After 1865: Education, Politics and Regionalism in the Caribbean, Ian Randle, Kingston, 1998. James Ferguson, “The Duvalier Dictatorship and its Legacy of Crisis in Haiti,” in Payne and Sutton, eds., Modern Caribbean Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Jan Knippers Black, “Democracy and Disillusionment in the Dominican Republic,” in Payne and Sutton, eds., Modern Caribbean Politics, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Holger Henke, Self-Determination and Dependency: Jamaica’s Foreign Relations 1972-1989. Mona: UWI Press, 2000. Pp. 115-129. Lloyd Best, “Locating Haiti”. Trinidad Express, 19 June 2004. Available Online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//haitilloydbest.htm Stevenson Jacobs, “Haiti's ambassador sets sights on improved relations with Jamaica”. The Ledger.com, 24 June 2004. Available Online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//haitiambassador.htm
9	6-Nov Saturday Make up class #2		Film: Bitter Sugar (1 hr 45 mins)
10	12-Nov	Caribbean-Europe relations	Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, Charting Caribbean Development, London: MacMillan, 2001, chs 8 & 10. Anthony P. Gonzales, “Europe and the Caribbean: Toward a post-Lomé Strategy,” ch. 3 in The Caribbean: New Dynamics in Trade and Political Economy, edited by Anthony T. Bryan, University of Miami North–South Center, 1995. Anthony J. Payne and Paul K. Sutton, “The Commonwealth Caribbean in the New World Order: Between Europe and North America?” Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs; Winter 92/93, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p39. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC Olufemi Babrinde and Gerrit Faber, “From Lome to Cotonou: Business as Usual?” European Foreign Affairs Review 9, 2004. 27-47. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC European Commission. 1996. Green Paper on relations between the European Union and the ACP countries on the eve of the 21st century - Challenges and options for a new partnership. Brussels: European Commission http://www.euforic.org/greenpap/intro.htm#cont Karen Arts and Jessica Byron, “The Mid-term Review of the Lome IV Convention: Heralding the Future?” Third World Quarterly V. 18, 1, 1997. ECDPM, Cotonou Infokit, various sections – 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 18. 2001. W. Brown, “Restructuring North-South Relations: ACP-EU Development Cooperation in a Liberal International Order”, Review of African Political Economy, V. 27, September 2000. Kusha Haraksingh, “On the Front Line: The Lome Experience Dissected” in R. Ramsaran ed., Caribbean Survival and the Global Challenge, Ian Randle Pubs., Kingston, 2002. C. Cosgrove, “Has the Lome Convention Failed ACP Trade?”, Journal of International Affairs, V. 48 (1), 1994. M. Davenport, “Africa and the Unimportance of Being Preferred”, Journal of Common Market Studies V. 30 (2), 1992. J. Lodge, “Challenges Facing the Caribbean During EPA Negotiations” Trade Negotiations Insights, V.1 (3), 2002. G. A. Hylton, “Beyond Lome: Challenges and Prospects for ACP Countries”, Trade Negotiations Insights, V. 2 (1), 2003. J. Lodge, “Launch of CARIFORUM-EC Negotiations of an Economic Partnership Agreement”, Trade Negotiaions Insights V. 3 (3), 2004.
11	19-Nov	Research Papers due
11	19-Nov	Caribbean-Latin America relations; Caribbean-Canada relations	G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Ch. 5. Andrés Serbin, “Venezuela, el Gran Viraje, and Regionalism in the Caribbean Basin,” Chap. 5. in Foreign Policy and Regionalism in the Americas, edited by G. Mace and J-P. Therien, Lynne Rienner, 1996. A. Bryan and A. Serbin, eds., Distant Cousins: The Caribbean-Latin American Relationship (Miami: University of Miami North-South Centre, 1996) chs. 1 & 7. David E. Lewis, “The Latin Caribbean and regional cooperation: A survey of challenges and opportunities.” Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs; Winter95, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p25. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC Richard Hillman and Thomas D’Agostino, eds., Distant Neighbours in the Caribbean: The Dominican Republic and Jamaica in Comparative Perspective, Praeger, 1992. Gordon Mace and Jean-Philippe Thérien, “Canada in the Americas : The Impact of Regionalism on a New Foreign Policy,” Chap. 3. in Foreign Policy and Regionalism in the Americas, edited by G. Mace and J-P. Therien, Lynne Rienner, 1996.
12	26-Nov	Caribbean-US relations	Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, Charting Caribbean Development, London: MacMillan, 2001, ch. 9. Randolph B. Persaud, Counter-Hegemony and Foreign Policy: The Dialectics of Marginalized and Global Forces in Jamaica, SUNY Press, 2001. Chs 7-9 G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Ch. 6. Paul E. Masters, “Carter and the Commonwealth Caribbean.” International Social Science Review; 1998, Vol. 73 Issue 1/2, p3. P.J. Patterson, “Jamaica's Relationship With The United States” Presidents & Prime Ministers, Sep/Oct94, Vol. 3 Issue 5, p11 Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/patterson.htm Paul Sutton, “U.S. intervention, regional security, and militarization in the Caribbean,” in Payne and Sutton eds., Modern Caribbean Politics, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Jean Grugel, “The international relations of the Caribbean basin,” Ch. 4 in Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin: Central America and the Caribbean in the New World Order, Indiana University Press, 1995. Anthony T. Bryan, “The new Clinton administration and the Caribbean: Trade, security and regional politics.” Journal of Interamerican Studies & World Affairs; Spring97, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p101. Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/newclinton.htm Anthony T. Bryan, “The Caribbean and the U.S. enter the 21st century,” North-South: The Magazine of the Americas; Nov/Dec94, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p39. Available online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/gt34a/caribbeanus21stC.htm
13	03-Dec	Current Issues: Drugs, security, and the war on terrorism.	Ivelaw Griffith, ed. Caribbean Security in the Age of Terror: Challenge and Change, Ian Randle Press, 2004. Kenneth O. Hall and Dennis Benn, eds. Governance in the Age of Globalisation: Caribbean Perspectives, Ian Randle, 2003. Tellis A. Bethel, “Caribbean Narcotics Trafficking: What is to be Done?” Journal of International Security Assistance Management, Fall/Winter 2003, Vol. 25 Issue 1/2, p80. Photocopy available at Docu-Spot and in the RBC Joseph S. Tulchin and Ralph H. Espach (eds.), Security in the Caribbean Basin: The Challenge of Regional Cooperation, Woodrow Wilson Center/Lynne Rienner, 1999. Michael C. Desch, Jorge I. Domínguez, and Andrés Serbin, From Pirates to Drug Lords: The Post-Cold War Caribbean Security Environment, State University of New York Press, 1998. Andrés Serbin, Sunset over the Islands: The Caribbean in the Face of Globalization, Macmillan, London, 1998, ch. 5. Anna Dickson, Development and International Relations: A Critical Introduction. Polity Press, 1997, ch. 8. “Caribbean And South American Drug Lords Indicted And More Than 50 Individuals Arrested In Operations Busted Manatee And Double Talk.” U.S. Department Of Justice, Washington, D.C. Press Release, 23 June 2004. Available Online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//caribbeandrugs.htm

Essay Questions

Critically examine one of the following representations of information, or “fact”. Where appropriate and possible, consider the sources of the information, any possible bias on the part of the person who is presenting it, and what has been left out of the information presented that might make it more balanced. Another way of approaching the assignment is to imagine that you are refuting the arguments being made. Be sure to include an examination of the background of the person who is presenting the information.

May 2004 article, “Bushwhacked in the Caribbean”, by Randall Robinson.
Section on Jamaica from William Blum, Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II.
The film Bitter Sugar. (Film will be shown Saturday 6 November)
One of the following issues raised in Life and Debt. (Film will be shown 29 October). Be sure to give a detailed description of how exactly the issue was presented in the film, as well as to give a general overview of the film.

Jamaica’s relationship with the IMF
The Jamaican dairy industry
Jamaican agriculture before and after “structural adjustment”
Caribbean bananas and the WTO
The food served in the tourist resorts
The free zone factories