Nelson W. Keith, Novella Z. Keith: The Social Origins of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Challenging current interpretations of Jamaican events and politics<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877229063&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="821_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>The Social Origins of Democratic Socialism in Jamaica</h1> <h3>Nelson W. Keith and Novella Z. Keith</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-906-6 $71.50, Jun 92, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <BR> 352 pp 6x9 </P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"This book is...tightly organized and coherent, rich in historical analysis."</I> <br>&#151<b>Jay R. Mandle</b>, Colgate University<I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>In 1974, following a successful parliamentary election, Michael Manley and his People's National Party took Jamaica onto a self-proclaimed democratic socialist path. Although the project failed even prior to the subsequent electoral defeat of the PNP in 1980, this short-lived experiment has evoked considerable interest among development scholars. In this book, Nelson Keith and Novella Keith challenge current interpretations of Jamaican events and develop an alternative theoretical model: national popularism. <p>Without dismissing the negative machinations by the U.S., internal mismanagement, and other problems, the authors argue that the events in question speak of the fragility of a national class alliance that coalesced temporarily, amidst a crisis, around a "new" politics. While incorporating radical impulses "from below" as well as socialist policies, the new politics was rooted in liberal democratic strains that had evolved historically in ways that could accommodate these impulses. The Manley project can thus be better understood as the "management" of peripheral capitalism rather than a budding socialism. In their rich historical analysis of race and class in Jamaica, the authors trace the emergence and demise of progressive "alternative paths to development" in the Third World. <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"This book is at once well researched and documented, refreshingly analytical (as opposed to merely descriptive), and enlightening. It offers a new interpretation of the events of the 1970s in Jamaica and provokes some profound theoretical questions particularly in light of the demise of international communism and its ideological underpinnings."</I> <br>&#151<b>Aggrey Brown</b>, Ph.D., Director, Caribbean Institute of Mass Communication, University of the West Indies <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>List of Tables and Figures <br>Abbreviations <br>Preface <br>Introduction <p><b>Part I: Jamaica in Crisis</b> <br>1. The Setting <br>2. Democratic Socialism versus National Popularism <p><b>Part II: The PNP and Radicalism</b> <br>3. Impulses for Change: The Push from Below <br>4. The Politics of the PNP: The Emergence of a Rational Practice <p><b>Part III: The Progressive Accumulation of Capital</b> <br>5. The Capitalists <br>6. The Strategic Middle Class <br>7. The Subordinate Classes <br>8. The Rise of a New Politics <p><b>Part IV: Charting National Popularism</b> <br>9. National Popularism and the State <br>10. Safeguarding Class Alliances: Resource Distribution under National Popularism <br>11. State-Directed Change: Some Questions <p>Notes <br>Bibliography <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Nelson W. Keith</b> is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for International Development at West Chester University.</P> <P><b>Novella Z. Keith</b> is Research Professor, Institute for International Development at West Chester University.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/political.html" TARGET="_top">Political Science and Public Policy</a> </p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877229063&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. All Rights Reserved. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/821_reg.html</font></p>