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Civil Society Organisations, Governance and the Caribbean Community

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Employs an interpretative methodology and incorporates several case studies, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and St. Lucia
  • Fills a gap in the existing literature on Caribbean regional integration and Caribbean governance, by providing an comprehensive analysis of the role of non-state actors
  • Asserts that both regional and domestic decision-making mechanisms require renovation so that they can better respond to the needs of the people of the region

Part of the book series: Non-Governmental Public Action (NGPA)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Introduction

    • Kristina Hinds
    Pages 1-20
  3. Back Matter

    Pages 197-200

About this book

This book offers a unique analysis of the participatory spaces available for civil society organisations (CSOs) in Caribbean governance. It reveals the myriad ways in which the region’s CSOs have contributed to enriching Caribbean societies and to scaffolding Caribbean regionalism, and also uncovers that despite their contributions, Caribbean CSOs (and civil society more broadly) have found limited space for involvement in governance. The author peers into Caribbean state-civil society participatory dynamics using in-depth country case studies (Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago), mini-case studies and evaluations of the approaches to inclusion within the regional institutions of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). This novel contribution to the Caribbean civil society literature uses these assessments to make a case for regularising state-civil society collaborative practices to enhance the quality of democracy in the region. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of the West Indies , Bridgetown, Barbados

    Kristina Hinds

About the author

Kristina Hinds is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. She has published Caribbean scholarship on civil society, citizenship, gender, financial crisis and information and communications technologies. 

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