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The Latin Caribbean and Regional Cooperation: A Survey of Challenges and Opportunities*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David E. Lewis
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The central thesis of this paper is that the resources and conditions, both external and regional, for the continuation of traditional Caribbean subregionalized cooperation and integration processes no longer exist. Whereas in the past there existed a number of rationalizations and justifications for restricting and limiting the scope of regional initiatives, the scenario of the 1990s — regional, Hemispheric, and global — is one in which neither regional actors nor external hegemons can afford not to cooperate beyond the limitations of the past.

Moreover, the impetus for this change of direction is not only regional but sectoral: it includes civil society (business, labor, non-governmental organizations or NGOs) in a way never seen before.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , Winter 1995 , pp. 25 - 56
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Copyright © University of Miami 1995

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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the conference on “The Caribbean: Identity, Politics, and Economy,” co-sponsored by Harvard University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Inter-American Development Bank; Cambridge (MA), 3-4 May 1994. The author would like to acknowledge the useful comments and reviews of Anthony T. Bryan, Winston Dookeran, Henry S. Gill, Andrés Serbín, Charles Skeete, and Elena M. Suárez.

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