Updated class schedule 9 July 2004

Lect-ure	Date	LECTURE TOPIC	RECOMMENDED READING
1	Monday June 7	A: Theory Introduction to course; Definitions of the Region; Review of basic foreign policy concepts.	Thomas D. Boswell, “The Caribbean: A Geographic Preface,” Chapter 2 in Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean, edited by Richard S. Hillman and Thomas J. D’Agostino, Lynne Rienner, 2003. (NB. Chapters 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. Chapters 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, chapter 2. Jorge Heine, “Postplantation Societies and World Order,” Chapter 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	Wednesday June 9	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. Chapters 1 & 4. Dennis Conway, “Microstates in a Macroworld”, chapter 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,” chapter 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?” Chapter 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, chapter 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,” chapter 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,” chapter 9 in The Foreign Policies of the Global South: Rethinking Conceptual Frameworks, edited by Jacqueline-Anne Braveboy-Wagner, Lynne Rienner, 2003.
3	Monday June 14	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, chapters 1-3. Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, Charting Caribbean Development, London: MacMillan, 2001, chapter 7. G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Chapter 7. Magnus Blomstrom and Bjorn Hettne, Development Theory in Transition: The Dependency Debate and Beyond: Third World Responses. Chapter 5: “Dependency Theory in Action: Caribbean Approaches to Underdevelopment.” Zed Books, 1984. H. Michael Erisman, “International Relations,” Chapter 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	Wednesday June 16	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,” Chapter 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, chapter 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	Monday June 21	The 1990s: Globalisation and the Caribbean; the changed global and 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, chapters 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.” Chapter 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	Wednesday June 23	Current issues in Caribbean international relations: the CSME, the FTAA and the WTO	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 Chapters 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 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	Monday June 28	C: External Relations The English speaking Caribbean and the wider Caribbean; Cuba in the international system	Rosemarijn van Hoefte, “Caribbean Culture: Ethnic Identity Issues—The Case of Suriname,” chapter 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,” chapter 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,” chapter 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,” Chapter 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
	Wednesday June 30		In class midterm test (one hour) You will be tested on lecture notes and readings up to Lecture 6 Film
8	Thursday July 1	Guest Lecture: Dr. Jessica Byron, Dept of Govt, UWI Mona Caribbean-Europe relations	Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, Charting Caribbean Development, London: MacMillan, 2001, chapters 8 & 10. Anthony P. Gonzales, “Europe and the Caribbean: Toward a post-Lomé Strategy,” chapter 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.
9	Monday July 5	Guest Lecture: Dr. Matthew J. Smith, Dept of History, UWI Mona Haitian foreign policy; The English speaking Caribbean and Haiti with specific reference to the 2004 “situation”	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. George Packer, “Ten Years After,” The New Yorker Pg. 33, March 1, 2004 Available Online https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//tenyearsafter.htm 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. https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//haitiambassador.htm
10	Wednesday July 7	Caribbean-Latin America relations (one hour)	G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Chapter 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.
11	Thursday July 8	Caribbean-Canada relations (one hour)	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	Monday July 12	Caribbean-US relations	Anthony Payne and Paul Sutton, Charting Caribbean Development, London: MacMillan, 2001, chapter 9. G. Pope Atkins, Latin America and the Caribbean in the International System, 4^th ed., Westview Press, 1999. Chapter 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,” Chapter 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	Wednesday July 14	Current Issues II: 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, chapter 5. “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. https://dthorburn.tripod.com/articles//caribbeandrugs.htm