Cut Loose in the Caribbean: Neoliberalism and the Demise of the Commonwealth Sugar Trade

This article focuses on the way the Anglophone Caribbean succumbed to the overhaul of the European Union sugar trade and how these countries have attempted to restructure their economies in its wake. We show how the protagonists of reform gave a sense of inevitability to the demise of the Commonweal...

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Published in:Bulletin of Latin American research 2013-07, Vol.32 (3), p.263-278
Main Authors: RICHARDSON, BEN, NGWENYA, PAMELA RICHARDSON
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
C.I.S
Caribbean
Commonwealth
Economic Partnership Agreement
Ethnolinguistic Groups
Europe
European Union
Hegemony
History
international trade
Neoliberalism
Reform
Reforms
Rural Development
Sugar
Sugar industry
Trade
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Summary:This article focuses on the way the Anglophone Caribbean succumbed to the overhaul of the European Union sugar trade and how these countries have attempted to restructure their economies in its wake. We show how the protagonists of reform gave a sense of inevitability to the demise of the Commonwealth trade system and conveyed (unrealistic) strategies for how this should be managed for the benefit of the Caribbean. In this way we detail the hegemony of neoliberalism in contemporary trade politics and the need for alternative strategies for rural development in the Caribbean region.
ISSN:0261-3050
1470-9856
DOI:10.1111/blar.12001