Democratic socialism in Jamaica : the political movement and social transformation in dependent capitalism

of them talked to us for long hours and gave us insights which we as outsiders could never have gained on our own. Others made important materials available to us, and still others opened doors which enabled us to pursue further certain research questions. At the Wilson Center, we found a very congenial atmosphere among our colleagues in the Latin American program, and our work benefitted specifically from feedback offered by Tom Farer, Louis Goodman, and Crawford Young. Kathy Meyer provided much careful, reliable and cheerful research assistance. We would also like to thank Sandy Thatcher of Princeton University Press for his interest, encouragement and guidance throughout the project, and we are grateful to Jean Evanowski, Pat Sheridan and Carol Walker for typing various parts of the manuscript. Finally, we want to thank all our colleagues who have commented on parts of earlier drafts of the manuscript: Front Matter....Pages i-xx Democratic Socialism: An Alternative Path of Development?....Pages 1-9 State, Party and Society in a Post-Colonial Plantation-Mineral Enclave Economy....Pages 10-59 The PNP’s First Term: Tasks at the Outset and Populist Politics in the First Years 1972–74....Pages 60-103 The First Term: Ideological Definition and Social Polarization 1974–6....Pages 104-147 The Second Term: The Rise and Fall of the Left Alternative....Pages 148-198 The Second Term: The Struggle with the IMF....Pages 199-250 Seaga’s Return to Dependent Capitalism....Pages 251-269 Jamaica’s Democratic Socialist Path: An Evaluation....Pages 270-319 Lessons of the Manley Government: Democratic Socialism as an Alternative Development Path....Pages 320-345 Back Matter....Pages 346-423 Study of politics and social change in Jamaica in the post-colonial period - describes economic structure, social structure and the political system; examines the ideologies of the People's National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party (political partys); reviews economic policy, social policy and foreign policy during the participation of each party in central government; considers the conflict with the IMF, and prospects for democratic socialism. Diagrams, references, statistical tables Evelyne Huber Stephens And John D. Stephens. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 407-417.