Colonial legacies and postcolonial conflicts in Guyana / Kate Quinn -- Democracy and political culture in Suriname / Hans Ramsoedh -- The dichotomy of universalism and particularism in French Guiana / Fred Réno and Bernard Phipps -- Politics and ethnicity in the Guianas / Steve Garner --...

"Studies of the global political economy have rarely engaged with development in the Caribbean, the thought of its indigenous intellectuals, or the non-sovereign territories of the region. Matthew Bishop compares the development of the independent English-speaking islands of St Lucia and St...

Introduction -- Power, institutions and legitimacy in trade politics -- The evolving rules and practice of trade with developing countries : from Lomé to Cotonou -- North-South PTAS and the multilateral system : contesting the EPAs -- Regionalisms collide : the EPAs in Africa -- Institutions...