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Author: Patrick E. Bryan Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 394
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A biography of Edward Philip George Seaga, retired prime minister of Jamaica (1980-1989) and former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (1974-2005). It examines Seaga in light of the 20th-century history of Jamaica, which experienced the challenges of race, colour, the transition from the British colonial period to independence in 1962.
Author: Patrick E. Bryan Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 394
Book Description
A biography of Edward Philip George Seaga, retired prime minister of Jamaica (1980-1989) and former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (1974-2005). It examines Seaga in light of the 20th-century history of Jamaica, which experienced the challenges of race, colour, the transition from the British colonial period to independence in 1962.
Author: Edward Seaga Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781974475346 Category : Languages : en Pages : 336
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This book is a collection of speeches that mark the distinguished career of Edward Seaga, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, over a period of 45 years from his entry into the Legislative Council in 1959 until his resignation from the House of Representatives in 2004. In what was the longest tenure of any elected representative in the politics of modern Jamaica, Edward Seaga defined his mission from the start as a mission of social justice; to close the wide gulf that separated the rich and the poor, the haves and the have-nots, and create a more happy and balanced society. That vision shaped the highly successful first decade of independence when robust economic growth and programmes of social uplift produced a 50 percent improvement in the quality of working class life judged by access to education, jobs and the social services. His challenge in the second decade was to offer from opposition, a market-based growth alternative to the command policies of a socialist regime that was destroying the economy and dividing the society and finally produced a 25 percent decline in the quality of working class life. Seaga's challenge in these times was also to defend Jamaica's democratic institutions from a ruling party that wanted to turn democratic Jamaica into a one-party state on the Cuban model. Voted into power in 1980, Seaga returned the economy to growth and launched further social empowerment programmes. He was defeated in 1989 by neo-socialists who again ruined the economy because of their ignorance of the operation of market forces. In resigning his office in 2004 Seaga outlined to the ruling party the fundamental errors they had made and gave them a prescription for future economic success. Seaga made his mark internationally as a defender of democracy and as the man who led the forces that liberated the island of Grenada in 1983 when a socialist revolution turned on itself and the prime minister and his cabinet were assassinated. In addresses to the UN General Assembly in 1985 and the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in 1987, he argued persuasively that South Africa's apartheid system would not be destroyed by flights of rhetoric but by sanctions aimed at sharply reducing the value of the Rand to destroy its economic underpinnings. His thoroughly researched presentation convinced the UN and the Commonwealth Prime Ministers to maintain sanctions when other persuasive voices were arguing for their relaxation. He was proven right when the economic thrust finally brought an end to the oppressive system and freedom to 20,000, 000 black South Africans. Seaga's other passion was the encouragement of Jamaican culture because he understood its role in defining a people, in giving them a sense of self-worth and the confidence to take their place in the world. He returned to Jamaica the body of Marcus Garvey and created institutions for the celebration and preservation of Jamaican culture. In the 20 speeches listed, the most notable ones are The Haves and Have-Nots Speech, and three in which he eviscerates the socialist government, the first of which is titled, On a Collision Course With Bankruptcy. Also notable are the Social Wellbeing Speech, The Commonwealth Prime Ministers' speech and the penultimate, The Folk Roots of Jamaican Cultural Identity. The 1992 speech he made in the parliamentary tribute to Nelson Mandela in 1992 is so beautifully done that it should be placed among the great speeches that children are taught to recite. Among the tributes paid to Seaga on his retirement was one from pollster and social scientist, Carl Stone who wrote that no other Jamaican leader had created as many institutions or had left as much to posterity as Edward Seaga. His career was an act of love to the people of Jamaica that is best expressed in Sir Cecil Spring-Rice's song, I vow to thee my country, all earthly above, entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love.
Author: Edward P. G. Seaga Publisher: ISBN: 9781448629688 Category : Grenada Languages : en Pages : 89
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This publication gives a historical report of the intervention of Grenada led by the United States and several participating Caribbean countries. It takes a unique stance by outlining the pros and cons of the legitimacy of the intervention, offering a balanced summary in critiquing the intervention. It will provide grounds for provocative argument for legal forums and political study groups interested in the challenges faced by democracy in the region.
Author: Christine Clarke Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030446638 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 332
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This ambitious book provides a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative assessment of Jamaica’s ties to the International Monetary Fund, focusing on Jamaica’s historical relationship with the IMF and reflecting on the domestic and international discourse surrounding the evolution of this relationship. Notably, this volume presents a critical analysis of Jamaica’s first engagement with and departure from the IMF and interrogates the political economy of the period. Jamaica’s economic experiences are assessed in the context of major global events, including the food price crises of 2007 and the global economic crises of 2008 and 2009. This book also looks at policy implications, and its well-researched analysis will be of great value to practitioners and policymakers as well as academics.
Author: F. S. J. Ledgister Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739190288 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 143
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This book examines the democratic ideas of Michael Manley, Jamaican prime minister from 1972 to 1980, and again from 1989 to 1992, during his government in the 1970s. Manley wrote three books during or about that period, The Politics of Change, A Voice at the Workplace, and Jamaica: Struggle in the Periphery. The first two laid out his policy ideas regarding egalitarian democratic change and economic democracy, and the third reprised those ideas and assessed their implementation and the obstacles they faced during the eight and a half years Manley served as prime minister. While Manley was seen as a socialist firebrand, a close examination of his ideas reveals a democratic nationalist whose motivation was love of country and a desire to promote national self-confidence and egalitarianism within the framework of liberal democracy and a reformed capitalism.
Author: Joshua Jelly-Schapiro Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0385349777 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 464
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A masterwork of travel literature and of history: voyaging from Cuba to Jamaica, Puerto Rico to Trinidad, Haiti to Barbados, and islands in between, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of each society, its culture and politics, connecting this region’s common heritage to its fierce grip on the world’s imagination. From the moment Columbus gazed out from the Santa María's deck in 1492 at what he mistook for an island off Asia, the Caribbean has been subjected to the misunderstandings and fantasies of outsiders. Running roughshod over the place, they have viewed these islands and their inhabitants as exotic allure to be consumed or conquered. The Caribbean stood at the center of the transatlantic slave trade for more than three hundred years, with societies shaped by mass migrations and forced labor. But its people, scattered across a vast archipelago and separated by the languages of their colonizers, have nonetheless together helped make the modern world—its politics, religion, economics, music, and culture. Jelly-Schapiro gives a sweeping account of how these islands’ inhabitants have searched and fought for better lives. With wit and erudition, he chronicles this “place where globalization began,” and introduces us to its forty million people who continue to decisively shape our world.
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