00632nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043342.0 MC ELROY, Jerome L. Social and economic propensity for political dependence in the insular Caribbean. 1995 Points out that the process of decolonisation has stalled in the insular Caribbean. Since 1983 no island has achieved independence in the 16 dependent territories that remain, islanders have consistently voted in favour of the political status quo and, by assumption, the lucrative package of territorial economic concessions. 3/7/00 M2LMGR A 45455 45455