Peace, Development and Security in the Caribbean

This collection of interdisciplinary essays attempt to analyze cultural, economic, political and social diversities and resources from alternative regional and international viewpoints. The events in the Caribbean island of Grenada in October 1983 focused international attention on the security problems of small states. Faced with a mounting debt crisis, and despite the clear need to pursue pragmatic approaches to development as dictated by their unique circumstances, the small Caribbean states are required to undertake adjustment strategies which may prevent the pursuit of programmes for growth, development and job creation. It is important, however, in pursuing appropriate strategies, whether at national or regional levels, that the small states ensure that their choices are seen to respond to domestic imperatives and are not presented in ideological terms capable of being misinterpreted as taking sides in the East-West conflict.