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Caribbean Geopolitics: Toward Security Through Peace?

Andres Serbin, translated by Sabeth Ramirez

		ISBN: 978-1-55587-213-7 $32.00
	1990/131 pages/LC: 90-33398

"[A] remarkable study of class, ethnicity and nationhood in English-speaking Caribbean. . . . Highly knowledgeable and readable."—Journal of Peace Research

"Cogent, insightful analysis. . . . An invaluable tool for understanding current trends and predicting probable future developments in the region."—Caribbean Studies Newsletter

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Andres Serbin explores the complex of factors—external and domestic—that have shaped the geopolitical dynamics of the Caribbean region since the emergence, beginning in 1962, of non-Hispanic actors in the form of the newly independent Caribbean states. Serbin is especially concerned with attempts at cooperation and integration in the region, as well as with the impact of the arms race and militarization. He places particular emphasis on the difficult relations between the English-speaking Caribbean and the Latin American states.

The possibilities for establishing a peace zone are studied within this context and in the light of recent political developments affecting the Caribbean region—a region that historically has been subjected to the hegemonic aspirations and strategic machinations of various extraregional actors. Throughout, Serbin concentrates on identifying the specific factors that should inform action if the desire for peace and self-determination is to become reality in the Caribbean and, indeed, in all of Latin America.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andres Serbin is professor in the School of Sociology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, where he also teaches in the School of International Studies. Concurrently, he is director of the Venezuelan Institute for Social and Political Studies (INVESP).

Definitions, Development Strategies, and Initiatives for Integration and Cooperation.
The Geopolitical Scene: Regional and Extraregional Actors.
Toward Caribbean Militarization?
In Search of Peace.
Caribbean Geopolitics and Global Change.

Caribbean Geopolitics: Toward Security Through Peace?

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