A study of the politics of labour in the British Caribbean. Between 1934 and 1954 a series of labour rebellions gave rise to trade unions and political parties, and led to democratic reforms, self-government, and eventually independence. The author argues that while these new institutions were ostensibly democratic, they often exhibited authoritarian tendencies that reflected the wider political culture and global context in which these democratic-authoritarian states emerged.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-85255-830-0 (9780852558300)
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Part 1 The origins of organized labour: the social and cultural legacies of colonialism and slavery; systems of domination and the politics of freedom; the political economy of dependency and depression; racial consciousness and class formation; the labour rebellions, 1934-9. Part 2 The institutionalization of labour politics: the colonies at war, 1939-45; the Caribbean Labour Congress and the Cold War, 1945-52; authoritarianism in the institutionalization of the labour movement; class and ethnicity in the politics of decolonization - comparisons and conclusions.
