Politics in an Island State
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Politics in an Island State

Wills O. Isaacs and Jamaica's Struggle for Development

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Politics in an Island State

Wills O. Isaacs and Jamaica's Struggle for Development

About this book

Jamaica is most well-known for its popular culture, crime and violence. Government, the state, is viewed as a malign force. In Politics in an Island State noted anthropologist Diane Austin-Broos brings an alternative view of Jamaica, its culture and governance. This history of Jamaica, and more pointedly, the history of politics in Jamaica, is brilliantly told through the biography of Wills O. Isaacs. Never the leader of his party – the People’s National Party – Wills was active in politics from the 1930s and was nonetheless a prominent and notorious figure.

 

Informative and entertaining, this biography of a “second-tier” political leader departs from the usual heroic style and addresses the challenges of a fledgling social democracy in the mid-twentieth century. Decolonization and the decline of sugar, the Great Depression and two world wars frame the challenges of the time. Flanked by rural-to-urban migration, unemployment and industrialization, Jamaica’s struggles into the twenty-first century and the conduct of government – the successes, failures and foibles – are presented and viewed through a more nuanced lens.

 

Leaders shape history, though they seldom dictate its direction. Viewing history through their eyes affords a dynamic account of the structures and events that underpin a society’s development. Politics in an Island State will find a ready audience with readers generally interested in the Caribbean, but even more so with sages – both academic and unconventional – of anthropology, history, foreign affairs, sociology, political science, development studies and political economy. 

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Table of contents

  1. Synopsis
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. Abbreviations
  6. SECTION I: THE EARLY YEARS
  7. 1. A Political Awakening
  8. 2. Becoming an Activist
  9. SECTION II: FIGHTING FOR THE PARTY
  10. 3. In the KSAC Council
  11. 4. In the Streets and Lanes
  12. 5. The Split of 1952
  13. SECTION III: MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
  14. 6. Assuming Government
  15. 7. Promoting Development
  16. 8. Cartels and Monopolies
  17. SECTION IV: FACING FEDERATION
  18. 9. Warning Signs
  19. 10. The Hard Work of Politics
  20. 11. Referendum and Electoral Defeat
  21. SECTION V: THE LATER YEARS
  22. 12. A Policy Conundrum
  23. 13. Generational Change
  24. 14. An Ambivalent Departure
  25. Conclusion
  26. Appendix: In His Own Words
  27. Bibliography