03147cam a2200469 i 4500 22337596 OSt 20251008130911.0 m |o d | cr_||||||||||| 211207s2022 enk ob 001 0 eng 2021057213 9781000587494 (epub) 9781003207597 (ebook) 9781032075365 (hardback) 9781032075440 (paperback) 22337596 DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc cc----- HC155.5 330.9729 23/eng/20211207 MACROTHESAURUS 01.02.01 Lewis, Patsy, author. Caribbean regional integration : a critical development approach / Patsy Lewis. London ; New York : Routledge, 2022. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "This book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of regional integration in the contemporary Caribbean, challenging the value of the neoliberal ideology that permeates regionalism discourse. The book asks what value neoliberal regionalism holds for the Caribbean, when its economic goals of efficiency and competitiveness serve to actively marginalize small states within the global community. Presenting an alternative framework for assessing success, the book investigates how the Caribbean community (CARICOM) can confront new challenges and perform a more developmental function, centring economic transformation and a more democratic process. The book also explores long-standing challenges with implementing regional decisions at the national level and the absence of avenues for citizens to influence the direction of the integration movement. It explores these themes against the backdrop of the global pandemic and the climate crisis which underscore the fragility of Caribbean economies, their high levels of indebtedness, weak social security systems, and their marginality, Bringing together decades of research from one of the world's foremost scholars on the subject, this book will be essential reading for researchers of the Caribbean specifically, and for those with an interest in regionalism more generally, across the fields of political economy, international relations, history, geography, economics and global development"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. Caribbean Community. Caribbean Area Economic integration. Caribbean Area Economic conditions. Caribbean Area Commerce. Print version: Lewis, Patsy. Caribbean regional integration Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781032075365 (DLC) 2021057212 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg udc EBOOK 01.02.01 L673 0 38083 38083 0 0 udc 0 0 CRCM CRCM 2025-10-08 0 01.02.01 L673 0000000032476 2025-10-08 13:16:56 https://caricomhq.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/DocumentationCenter/EdbSCWWU_chCjZ9rB4jY8hMBW3u9Oy05X_Q_YAPDG7Gtfw?e=Xm8GgP 2025-10-08 EBOOK