Overview

This book compares and contrasts the contemporary development experience of neighbouring, geographically similar countries with an analogous history of exploitation but by three different European colonisers. Studying the so-called ‘Three Guianas’ (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana) offers a unique opportunity to look for similarities and differences in their contemporary patterns of development, particularly as they grapple with new and complex shifts in the regional, hemispheric and global context. Shaped decisively by their respective historical experiences, Guyana, in tandem with the laissez-faire approach of Britain toward its Caribbean colonies, was decolonised relatively early, in 1966, and has maintained a significant degree of distance from London. The hold of The Hague over Suriname, however, endured well after independence in 1975. French Guiana, by contrast, was decolonised much sooner than both of its neighbours, in 1946, but this was through full integration, thus cementing its place within the political economy and administrative structures of France itself. Traditionally isolated from the Caribbean, the wider Latin American continent and from each other, today, a range of similar issues – such as migration, resource extraction, infrastructure development and energy security – are coming to bear on their societies and provoking deep and complex changes.

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Author:   Rosemarijn Hoefte ,  Matthew L. Bishop ,  Peter Clegg
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781472480453

ISBN 10:   1472480457
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   25 November 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Rosemarijn Hoefte, Matthew L. Bishop and Peter Clegg 1 Colonial legacies and post-colonial conflicts in Guyana Kate Quinn 2 Democracy and political culture in Suriname Hans Ramsoedh 3 The dichotomy of universalism and particularism in French Guiana Fred Réno and Bernard Phipps 4 Politics and ethnicity in the Guianas Steve Garner 5 Migrations in the Guianas: evolution, similarities and differences Simona Vezzoli 6 Small-scale gold mining in the Guianas: mobility and policy across national borders Marjo De Theije 7 Migrants, money and might: the image of China in the Guianas Paul B. Tjon Sie Fat, Ranu Abhelakh and Edward Troon 8 Infrastructure and regional development of the Guianas Pitou Van Dijck 9 Untapped: the energy potential of the Guianas Anthony T. Bryan Conclusion: Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana in a changing world Rosemarijn Hoefte, Matthew L. Bishop and Peter Clegg References Index

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Rosemarijn Hoefte is Senior Researcher at KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden, the Netherlands. Matthew L. Bishop is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK. Peter Clegg is Head of Department, Health and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Politics at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

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