Power, Politics and Performance: A Partnership Approach for the Development - Hardcover

Winston Dookeran

 
9789766375294: Power, Politics and Performance: A Partnership Approach for the Development

Synopsis

The perception of politics as an obstacle to the advancement of the Caribbean must be removed. In Power Politics and Performance, Winston Dookeran argues that for meaningful change, politics must be visionary and pursued with principled purpose. He argues for partnership through regionalism and explores the issues facing small developing states and their sovereignty. Dookeran identifies the imperatives of financial stability and the structures required for building a knowledge-based economy. Power, Politics and Performance focuses on key issues of leadership and the political processes suggesting that ultimately, leadership is about finding solutions, and such solutions require radical transformation of political parties and political institutions. The book examines and analyses specific problems and distortions in small states and the challenge of building effective leadership while providing a blueprint for the way forward. Power Politics and Performance is a welcomed addition to the Caribbean Integration arena and sets the stage for a paradigm shift in the governance of small states.

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About the Author

Winston Dookeran is the Minister of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago. A founding director of the Foundation for Politics and Leadership. He has served as Minister of Planning, Trinidad and Tobago, and is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. Previously, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for International Affairs at Harvard University, and a Visiting Scholar at the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University. He served as the Senior Economist at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and as a lecturer at the University of the West Indies Department of Economics.

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