COVID in the Islands: A comparative perspective on the Caribbean and the Pacific

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Introduction: COVID-19 and Small Island States

   • Yonique Campbell, John Connell

   Pages 1-39

3. Public Health and Political Imperatives: Balancing Lives, Livelihoods, and Democracy in Jamaica’s COVID-19 Experience

   • Christopher Tufton

   Pages 41-54

4. COVID-19 in Pacific Islands People of Aotearoa/New Zealand: Communities Taking Control

   • Collin Tukuitonga

   Pages 55-69

5. Coronavirus and CARICOM: The Benefit of a Regional University in a Coherent Pandemic Response

   • R. Clive Landis

   Pages 71-91

6. Caribbean Economies and COVID-19: Impact and Prospects for 2021 and Beyond

   • Christine Clarke

   Pages 93-124

7. Did French Polynesia Cope with COVID-19? Intrinsic Vulnerabilities and Decreased Resilience

   • Charlotte Heinzlef, Damien Serre

   Pages 125-144

8. Covid-19 Management in New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna: A Magnifying Glass for Local Political and Economic Issues

   • Olivier Hoffer

   Pages 145-161

9. Double Jeopardy: Distance and Decentralisation in Tuvalu

   • John Connell

   Pages 163-175

10. Learning from the Past? Sovereign Space and Recreating Self-Reliance in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia

    • Ashley Meredith, David Fazzino

    Pages 177-192

11. Healthcare Denied? Covid-19 and Kiribati’s Shrinking Transnational Space

    • John Marazita III

    Pages 193-206

12. Small and Isolated Vava’u, Tonga: From Weakness to Strength During COVID-19?

    • Leody Cruzat Vainikolo

    Pages 207-218

13. The Bahamas: Tourism Policy Within a Pandemic

    • Michelle McLeod

    Pages 219-230

14. An Industry in Crisis: How Vanuatu’s Tourism Sector Is Seeking Economic Recovery

    • Anna Naupa, Sarah Mecartney, Liz Pechan, Nick Howlett

    Pages 231-252

15. Vaccination for Vacation: Assessing the Resilience of the Jamaican Hospitality Industry in a Pandemic

    • Andrew J. Spencer, Diana E. Spencer

    Pages 253-264

16. Tourism in a World of Disorder: A Return to the Vanua and Kinship with Nature in Fiji

    • Apisalome Movono, Regina Scheyvens

    Pages 265-277

17. COVID-19 and Transnational Remittances in Samoa: Maintaining Family Ties in the Face of Crisis

    • Loïc Le Dé, Fotuosamoa Jody Jackson-Becerra

    Pages 279-297

18. Pacific Labour Mobility on Pause: Consequences of Temporary Immobility During the Pandemic

    • Kirstie Petrou, Olivia Dun, Carol Farbotko, Taukiei Kitara

    Pages 299-319

19. From Face to Face to Meeting in Space: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Events Industry in Trinidad and Tobago

    • Leslie-Ann Jordan, Tisha Jack

    Pages 321-336

20. Challenging the Idea of Work: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Work, Health and Well-Being of the Jamaican Workforce

    • Kenisha V. Nelson, Ijah Thompson, Trevor Riley

    Pages 337-352

This book provides the first wide-ranging account of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in two contrasting island regions - the Caribbean and the Pacific - and in several islands and island states. It traces the complexity of effects and responses, at different scales, through the first critical year. Written by a range of scholars and practitioners working in the region the book focuses on six key themes: public health; the economies (notably the collapse of tourism, the revival of local agriculture and fishing, and the rebirth of self-reliance, and even barter); the rescue by remittances; social tensions and responses; public policy; and future ‘bubbles’ and regional connections. Even with marine borders that excluded the virus all island states were affected by COVID-19 because of a considerable dependence on tourism – prompting urgent challenges for governance, economic management and development, as small states sought to balance lives against livelihoods in search of revitalisation or even a ‘new normal’.

• Island Studies
• Public Policy
• COVID-19
• Coronavirus
• Tourism
• Governance
• Self-Reliance
• Security
• Gobalisation

• University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica

  Yonique Campbell

• School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  John Connell

Yonique Campbell received a DPhil (PhD) from the University of Oxford and is a Senior  Lecturer in Public Policy & Management in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona. She also serves as a policy advisor to the Minister of Health and Wellness (Government of Jamaica).

John Connell is Professor of Geography in the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney. He works mainly on small island development issues in the Pacific region and has published several books on migration and colonialism.

  

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