Class Alliances and the Liberal Authoritarian State: The Roots of Post-Colonial Democracy in Jamaica, Trinidad an Tobago, and Surinam [Hardcover]

F. S. J. Ledgister (Author)

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• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Africa World Pr (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865435464
• ISBN-13: 978-0865435469
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,754,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent comparative study, December 23, 2002

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This review is from: Class Alliances and the Liberal Authoritarian State: The Roots of Post-Colonial Democracy in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Surinam (Paperback)

A good piece of comparative work. The author shows that democracy in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago derives both from the institutions created by the colonisers and the action of the colonised. The emergence of class alliance politics in the 1930s is the basis of democracy in those two countries. The failure of such politics in Surinam explains why that country's political record has been so uneven.