Syllabus 2 Afro-Caribbean Political Thought and Politics Jean-Germain Gros, Ph.D. Description: A comparative study of the evolution of political thought and the political systems of English, French, and, to a lesser extent, Spanish-speaking Caribbean independent states. In the first instance, the course will follow the trajectory of political thought in the West Indies in the 18th and 19th century, with a special focus on the treatment of slavery by English and French-speaking thinkers during the antebellum era. In this century, the political/literary movement known as N=E9gritude in the Francophone world, and articulated most forcefully by Aim=E9 C=E9saire a= nd Jean-Price Mars, will be compared to the more militant Marxism of C.L.R. James, George Padmore and Frantz Fanon. Contemporary Afro-Caribbean politics will be examined in terms of regime types and the "democratic third wave" sweeping through the sub-region. Finally, the social integration and adaptation of Caribbean communities in the United States, as well as the role of the Caribbean in the globalization process, through such trade regimes as CARICOM, CBI and, in the near-future, NAFTA, will be looked at. Required texts: Sidney Mintz and Sally Price (eds.), Caribbean Contours, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. Gordon K. Lewis, Main Currents in Caribbean Thought, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983. Carlene J. Edie, Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994. Michel S. Laguerre, American Odyssey: Haitians in New York City,Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. Recommended: Jorge Heine and Leslie Manigat (eds.), The Caribbean and World Politics, New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers, 1988. In addition to the textbooks, there will be fair amount of materials on reserve at the library. They will be so noted by a * throughout this syllabi. Semester Agenda Week I Introduction to the Caribbean Readings Gordon Lewis, "The Sociohistorical Setting" in Main Currents in Caribbean Thought, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, pp. 1-28. Carl Stone, "A Political Profile of the Caribbean" in Sidney Mintz and Sally Price (eds.), Caribbean Contours, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, pp. 13-52. Gordon Lewis, "The Contemporary Caribbean: A General Overview" in Sidney Mintz and Sally Price (eds.), Caribbean Contours, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, pp. 219-248. Week II Caribbean Political Thought: Proslavery Ideology in the 18th Century and 19th Century Readings Gordon Lewis, "The 18th and 19th Century: The Proslavery Ideology" in Main Currents in Caribbean Thought, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, pp. 94-170. Week III Caribbean Political Thought: Antislavery Ideology in the 18th Century and 19th Century Readings Gordon Lewis,"The 18th and 19th Century: The Antislavery Ideology" in Main Currents in Caribbean Thought, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, pp. 171-238. Week IV Caribbean Political Thought in the 20th Century: N =E9gritude as Literary Protest and then Reactionary Political Ideology Gordon Lewis, "The Growth of Nationalist Thought to 1900" in Main Currents in Caribbean Thought, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, pp. 239-320. H. Hoetink, "'Race' and Color in the Caribbean" in Sidney Mintz and Sally Price (eds.), Caribbean Contours, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, pp. 55-84. *Jean-Price Mars, So Spoke the Uncle (French: Ainsi Parla L'Oncle) *Aim=E9 Cesaire, Notebook of a Return to my Native Land (French: Cahier d'un Retour au Pays Natal) Week V Afro-Caribbean Marxist Thought: Fanon and C.L.R. James *Frantz Fanon, White Skin, Black Masks, pp. 19-73. *CLR James, Modern Politics, pp. 25-64. Week VI A Taxonomy of Political Regimes: From Parliamentary Democracies to Dictatorships of the Left and the Right *Anthony Payne, "Jamaican Society and the Testing of Democracy" in Colin Clark (ed.), Society and Politics in the Carribean, New York: St. Martin Press, 1991, pp. 31-46. *Roberto Espindola, "Politics and Society in Cuba" in Colin Clark (ed.), Society and Politics in the Carribean, New York: St. Martin Press, 1991, pp. 207-232. *Michel Rolph-Trouillot, Haiti: State against Nation. the Origins and Legacy of Duvalierism, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1992, pp. 35- 75. Mid-term exam right about here Week VII Democracy and Democratization(Part I) Percy Hintzen, "Democracy and Middle Class Domination in the Anglophone Caribbean" in Carlene J. Edie (ed.), Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 9-24. Carlene Edie, "Jamaica: Clientelism, Dependency, and Democratic Stability" Carlene J. Edie (ed.), Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 25-42. Week VIII Democracy and Democratization (Part II) Percy Hintzen, "Trinidad and Tobago: Democracy, Nationalism and the Construction of Racial Identity in Carlene J. Edie (ed.), Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 59-74. Carollee Bengelsdorf, " Cuba: Unchanging Change - The Boundaries of Democracy" in Carlene J. Edie (ed.), Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 181-198. Kenneth I. Boodhoo, "Haiti: Prospects for Democracy" in Carlene J. Edie (ed.), Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 199-214. Week IX Democracy and Democratization (Part III) Selwyn Ryan, "Problems and Prospects for the Survival of Liberal Democracy in the Anglophone Caribbean" in Carlene J. Edie (ed.), Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 233-250. Patrick Emmanuel, "Parties and Electoral Competition in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1944-1991: Challenges to Democratic Theory" in Carlene J. Edie (ed.),Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 251-264. Week X Economic Development: Sugar, Oil and Tourism G.B. Hagelberg, "Sugar in the Caribbean: Turning Sunshine into Money" in Sally Price (eds.), Caribbean Contours, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985, pp. 85-126. *Trevor Farrel, "Oil and Political Economy in the Commonwealth Caribbean" in Jorge Heine and Leslie Manigat (eds.), The Carribean and World Politics, 1988, pp. 112-132. *Clive Thomas, "The Search for New Poles of Growth: Tourism and Off- Shore Banking" in Clyve Thomas, The Poor and the Powerless, 1998, pp. 143-167. Week XI The Carribean and World Geopolitics: From 'Gunboat' Diplomacy to Cooperation? Readings *Leslie Manigat, "The Setting: Crisis, Ideology and Geopolitics" in Jorge Heine and Leslie Manigat (eds.), The Carribean and World Politics, 1988, pp. 25-74. Pedro Noguera, "Democratization and Foreign Intervention: Applying the Lessons of Grenada to Panama and Nicaragua" in Carlene J. Edie (ed.), Democracy in the Caribbean, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Institute, 1994, pp. 215-232. *Ernest Preeg, "What Are the Real U.S. interests in Haiti?" in George Fauriol (ed.), Haitian Frustrations, pp. 7-14. Week XII Regional Integration: The Carribean Basin Initiative and the Carribean Community Reading *Mirlande Manigat, "CARICOM at Ten" in Jorge Heine and Leslie Manigat (eds.), The Carribean and World Politics, 1988, pp. 94-111. Week XIII The Globalization of Caribbean Culture: Immigrants in N. America *Frances Henry, The Carribean Diaspora in Toronto, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994, pp. 10-50. *Sherri Grasmuck and Patricia Pessr, Between Two Islands: Dominican International Migration, 1991, pp. 20-45. Michel Laguerre, American Odissey: Haitians in New York City, Ithaca:Cornell University Press, 1991, entire book. Week XIV Review and Final Exam