Extractivism and Labour in the Caribbean

Herausgeber: Canterbury, Dennis C.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the impact of resource extraction and the dynamics of great powers competing for natural resources in the Caribbean. It is a major contribution to development studies literature, appealling to policymakers, students and scholars of Development Studies and Economics, Sociology, Politics, and International Relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781032342009
• ISBN-10: 1032342005
• Artikelnr.: 68711886

Autorenporträt

Dennis C. Canterbury is Professor of Sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University, USA. He specializes in the sociology of development and the sociology of labour. His recent books include Caribbean Development in the New Multipolar World Order (2022), Neoliberal Democratization and New Authoritarianism (2019), and Neoextractivism and Capitalist Development (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Extractive capitalism in the Caribbean: Labor, donor
landscape, and China 1 Extractivist capitalism and labor: A theoretical
outline 2 Caribbean labor in the 21st century 3 The donor landscape for
extractive industries investment in the Caribbean 4 The increasing
influence of China in resource extraction in the Caribbean Part 2: Case
studies: Guyana, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and Puerto Rico 5 Extractivism and
labor in Guyana 6 Bauxite, Michael Manley, and the workers without history
7 Catching hell in paradise: Environmental justice and superfluous labor in
Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico in the 21st century Part 3: Impact of the
COVID-19 Pandemic on Labor 8 Caribbean labor market outcomes of the
COVID-19 pandemic 9 COVID-19 and the triple crises for Caribbean labor 10
Conclusion