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Extractivism and Labour in the Caribbean book cover

1st Edition

Extractivism and Labour in the Caribbean

Edited By Dennis C. Canterbury Copyright 2024
280 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores the impact of resource extraction and the dynamics of great powers competing for natural resources in the Caribbean. The book analyzes labour–capital relations between China, the United States, the European Union, and Russia in the Caribbean, as competition increases with the arrival of non-traditional sources of foreign investments in infrastructure from the East. Chapters... Read more

Introduction

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Part 1: Extractive capitalism in the Caribbean: labour, donor landscape, and China

1          Extractivist capitalism and labor: a theoretical outline

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2          Caribbean labour in the twenty-first century

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3          The donor landscape for extractive industries investment in the Caribbean

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4          The increasing influence of China in resource extraction in the Caribbean      

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Part II: Case studies: Guyana, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico

5          Extractivism and labour in Guyana

            Randolph A. Williams

6          Bauxite, Michael Manley, and the workers without history

Jordan Howell

7          Catching hell in paradise: environmental justice and superfluous labour in Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico in the twenty-first century

Darryl C. Thomas

 

Part III: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour

8          Caribbean labour market outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic

Warren Benfield and Dacia L. Leslie

9          COVID-19 and the triple crises for Caribbean labour

Dillon Alleyne

10        Conclusion

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Biography

Dennis C. Canterbury is Professor of Sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University, USA. He specializes in the sociology of development and the sociology of labour. His recent books include Caribbean Development in the New Multipolar World Order (2022), Neoliberal Democratization and New Authoritarianism (2019), and Neoextractivism and Capitalist Development (2018).

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