The enormous leaps of growth and development experienced by Eastern and Southeast Asian states since the 1960s on account of their astonishing industrial development have led to concerns that a resulting global economic and political shift might favour the Pacific region at the expense of the...

"A collection of papers from a conference held at the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la UNAM, Mexico. The papers discuss two aspects of the evolution of the Caribbean over the past two decades: the penetration of transnational capital and its consequences for social and economic...