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The Caribbean Politics Specialist Group
The Caribbean Politics Specialist Group (CPSG) was established in November 2006. It aims to provide a focus for academics teaching and researching the politics and political economy of the Caribbean. But it also welcomes the participation and contribution of academics from outside these areas, for example in the Social Sciences more generally, History and Geography. The group concentrates on developing research links between academics working in the Caribbean, Europe and the United States. In addition, we aim to strengthen relations between the academic community and business, consultancy and policy organisations with the result of raising the profile of the Caribbean within the UK.
As well as creating a dedicated space on the PSA website, the objectives of the CPS are to organise group panels at the PSA annual conference and to convene seminars and workshops on contemporary issues and debates affecting the Caribbean.
Through the group we are also able to provide the names of academics that can provide information and advice on the region.
For further details please contact the group convenor:
Dr Peter Clegg (Email: Peter.Clegg@uwe.ac.uk)
website: http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/cahe/hpp/aboutus/staff/drpeterclegg.aspx.
Forthcoming conference planned for 2012: '50 Years since Independence'
August 2012 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of independence in the Commonwealth Caribbean, as in the same month both Jamaica (August 6) and Trinidad and Tobago (August 31) gained their independence from Great Britain. Half a century is a short time in the history of a nation, yet it is sufficiently long to begin stock taking. The conference to be held in London will assess the successes, failures and legacies of independence, as well as looking forward to the next 50 years. Anyone interested in helping to organise the event and/or presenting a paper please contact Dr Amanda Sives at Amanda.sives@liverpool.ac.uk.
Past Events
17 May 2011: Conference - The United Kingdom Overseas Territories: Continuity and Change, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. The intention of this conference was to consider the political, economic, legal and environmental issues and challenges facing small sub-national jurisdictions in the global political economy. In particular it focused on those territories which retain formal links to European countries namely the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. For further details on this event please contact Peter Clegg at peter.clegg@uwe.ac.uk.
22 April 2009: Caribbean SG, Royal Commonwealth Society, and Caribbean Council: Workshop on Economic Partnership Agreement
7 April 2009: Caribbean Specialist Group Plenary at PSA 2009 Conference, with Dr Emilio Pantojas-Garcia
26 November 2007: Comparing Governance in the Non-Independent Caribbean
22-23 November 2007: Research Seminar: Governance in the Non-Independent Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities (A selection of papers was published in an edited book entitled Governance in the non-independent Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, Ian Randle Publishers, Jamaica 2009.)
12 July 2007: Seminar: International Competitiveness of Small Vulnerable Economies (A selection of papers was published in a special issue of The Round Table, Issue 396, June 2008).
Committee Members