Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9766409358 ISBN 13: 9789766409357

Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press, 2023

Synopsis

In the wake of pervasive global challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean stands at a critical point in its economic development. Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic is an illuminating exploration of the region’s need to recalibrate and reshape its developmental policy strategy.

Under the stewardship of Winston Dookeran and Dr M. Raymond Izarali, the volume embarks on a comprehensive examination of the frontiers in economic policy analysis: convergence, complexity, competitiveness, and the circular economy. These frontiers, often discussed in isolation, collectively establish the theoretical framework for the World Economic Forum’s “The Great Reset Initiative”, aimed at rebuilding a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive world following the pandemic.

Thought-provoking chapters – written by scholars and practitioners both within and beyond the region – span issues such as the challenges facing small island states, the adequacy of orthodox growth models, regional advances in policy structures, liberalism, investment and capital flows, and health diplomacy to name a few and encapsulate a multidisciplinary approach. This approach expertly weaves together the disciplines of economics, politics, and diplomacy to forge not only a holistic understanding of Caribbean policy dynamics but also forge a clear path to translating research findings into actionable policy insights, which could propel the Caribbean towards a future of renewed prosperity and shared success.

Development and Diplomacy is a sequel to previous publications, such as Winston Dookeran’s Power, Politics and Performance: A Partnership Approach for Development (2012); Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean: Politics and Convergence (2015); The Caribbean on the Edge: The Political Stress of Stability, Equality, and Diplomacy (2022)  and Dookeran and Carlos Elias’s Shifting the Frontiers: An Action Framework for the Future of the Caribbean (2016). This volume is poised to empower professors and students in the field of development studies, policy leaders and practitioners within agencies, and the voices of citizens and advocates shaping public discourse. 

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About the Authors

Winston Dookeran is currently secretary general of EUCLID University ‐ a United Nations registered intergovernmental institution of higher education. Recently, he was Professor of Practice at the University of the West Indies and Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Dr. M. Raymond Izarali is a Philosopher and Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology and a Fellow and former director of the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

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The COVID-19 pandemic – the ability to survive in its aftermath, the rethinking of development strategies, and the geostrategic shifts in diplomacy – created challenges and opportunities for the world and even more so for the small developing states. The “loop-type” cycle of shocks experienced during the pandemic and continuing, and the disruption shock anticipated by sanctions and economic warfare, along with climate change risks and structural interruptions in supply change management are testing the old paradigms at the limit. These challenges have added complexities to our analysis and policy dictates. This has forced a rethink of how we cope with economic shocks and shifts in politics. Small states face huge challenges in the formulation of growth strategies in the “loop-type” shock cycles. At the same time, the global order is in flux, and the changing geopolitics has opened up strategic shifts in diplomacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9766409358
• ISBN 13: 9789766409357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 418
• Editor: Dookeran Winston, Izarali M. Raymond