00954nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000190001710000200003624500830005626000310013930000190017052006240018958300190081320260716043010.0 a03.02.01 B7752 aBourne, Compton aEconomic aspects of the relationship between state and people in the Caribbean bUWIaPort of SpainTTc1986 av.16 p., 16 p. aDescribes characteristic activities of the people and state in three political relationships viz. the democratic-pluralist, authoritarian, and populist-statist. Discusses aspects of the State-People relationship in the democratic-pluralist system. Focuses particularly on the role of the state as a `patron' and as an agent of economic regulation. Outlines reasons for regulatory action and describes process or fate of regulations in democratic pluralist societies. Concludes that there is no correlation between the three types of political regimes and national economic performance and quality of life indicators. c3/7/00kM2LMGR