00820nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000210001724501270003826000090016552004840017458300170065894200060067599900170068120260716043913.0  aThomas, Clive Y.  aGlobalization, structural adjustment and security : the collapse of the post-colonial developmental state in the Caribbean  c1998  aPosits that the 'developmental state' which had emerged in the Caribbean after independence - with in some instances e.g. Guyana and Grenada, its own distinctive blend of authoritarianism, nationalism, and populism - has collapsed under the twin pressures of U.S. self-defined geo-strategic national interest in the area and globalization.  Suggests that in the wake of this collapse a state crafted along neo-liberal lines and driven by neo-liberal ideology is being recomposed.  c8/6/08kJOYD  cA  c56512d56512