Democratic Socialism in Jamaica: The Political Movement and Social Transformation in Dependent Capitalism (Princeton Legacy Library, 4881)

The work includes a detailed historical account of the Manley years, focusing on shifting relations between contending social forces and on the interaction between economics and politics. Originally published in 1986. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Contents Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Democratic Socialism: An Alternative Path of Development? 2. State, Party and Society in a Post-Colonial Plantation-Mineral Enclave Economy 3. The PNP's First Term: Tasks at the Outset and Populist Politics in the First Years 1972–74 4. The First Term: Ideological Definition and Social Polarization 1974–6 5. The Second Term: The Rise and Fall of the Left Alternative 6. The Second Term: The Struggle with the IMF 7. Seaga's Return to Dependent Capitalism 8. Jamaica's Democratic Socialist Path: An Evaluation 9. Lessons of the Manley Government: Democratic Socialism as an Alternative Development Path Notes Appendix 1: Tables Appendix 2: Interview Data Appendix 3: Reading and Coding of Newspaper Reports Appendix 4: Jamaican Elite: 1974 and 1982 References Index This work includes a detailed historical account of the Manley years, focusing on shifting relations between contending social forces and on the interaction between economics and politics. The authors base their conclusions partly on extensive interviews with politicians, businessmen, labor leaders, and other members of the Jamaican elite.

A detailed, multi-faceted look at the years of the Manley administration of Jamaica.