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Personalization of Power in an Elected Government: Eric Williams and Trinidad and Tobago, 1973-1981

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Carl D. Parris
Carl D. Parris*
Affiliation:
Department of Government University of the West Indies St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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An article written for my forthcoming book on Trinidad and Tobago argues that the events of 1969-1970 in Trinidad should be seen as a result of a process of delegitimization—both personal and systematic—and that the public declaration by Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister of his intention to resign as political leader of the governing party was an attempt to arrest that process. My argument is that the attempt failed, and that by December 1973,

The leader of the People's National Movement and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago had come full circle. In 1956 the business community, the established churches and some elements of the East Indian community were opposed to his ascendency in the political system. By 1973, it was these elements that were urging him to stay [Parris, forthcoming].

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , May 1983 , pp. 171 - 191
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Copyright © University of Miami 1983

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