00896nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000024501010001726000090011852005690012758300190069665000360071594200060075199900170075720260716043426.0  aImpact of free-trade initiatives on the Caribbean Basin : from democracy to efficiency in Belize  c1998  aExplores the intertwined meanings attributed to development and democracy by US government discourse in the 1980s, their relation to U.S. policies and their impact on small, dependent nations in the Caribbean, taking Belize as an example.  Examines how Belizeans receive these ideas, negotiated local meanings for them and put them to use in constructing social alliances that could shape policies.  Focuses on recent shifts in U.S. emphasis from democracy to efficiency and the implications of this shift for Belize in particular and the Caribbean more generally.  c8/17/01kJOY_D  aECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT  cA  c47031d47031