Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972–1980
Michael Manley and Jamaican Democracy, 1972–1980

Author: F. S. J. Ledgister

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2014-06-05

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 0739190288

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This book examines the democratic ideas of Michael Manley, Jamaican prime minister from 1972 to 1980, and again from 1989 to 1992, during his government in the 1970s. Manley wrote three books during or about that period, The Politics of Change, A Voice at the Workplace, and Jamaica: Struggle in the Periphery. The first two laid out his policy ideas regarding egalitarian democratic change and economic democracy, and the third reprised those ideas and assessed their implementation and the obstacles they faced during the eight and a half years Manley served as prime minister. While Manley was seen as a socialist firebrand, a close examination of his ideas reveals a democratic nationalist whose motivation was love of country and a desire to promote national self-confidence and egalitarianism within the framework of liberal democracy and a reformed capitalism.

Democratic Socialism in Jamaica
Democratic Socialism in Jamaica

Author: Evelyne Huber Stephens

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 1400886074

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The work includes a detailed historical account of the Manley years, focusing on shifting relations between contending social forces and on the interaction between economics and politics. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Confounding Island
The Confounding Island

Author: Orlando Patterson

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 0674243072

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The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence. There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous nations in the world. Its reggae superstars and celebrity sprinters outshine musicians and athletes in countries hundreds of times its size. Jamaica’s economy is anemic and too many of its people impoverished, yet they are, according to international surveys, some of the happiest on earth. In The Confounding Island, Orlando Patterson returns to the place of his birth to reckon with its history and culture. Patterson investigates the failures of Jamaica’s postcolonial democracy, exploring why the country has been unable to achieve broad economic growth and why its free elections and stable government have been unable to address violence and poverty. He takes us inside the island’s passion for cricket and the unparalleled international success of its local musical traditions. He offers a fresh answer to a question that has bedeviled sports fans: Why are Jamaican runners so fast? Jamaica’s successes and struggles expose something fundamental about the world we live in. If we look closely at the Jamaican example, we see the central dilemmas of globalization, economic development, poverty reduction, and postcolonial politics thrown into stark relief.

The Manley Memoirs
The Manley Memoirs

Author: Beverley Manley

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13:

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"From stationmaster s daughter to wife of one of Jamaica s most charismatic prime ministers Beverley Manley s life has been an odyssey. As a young girl, starved of her mother s love because she was darker than her siblings, and forced to do housework while her sisters relaxed, Beverley was a modern-day Cinderella. Told incessantly that she was good for nothing, she defied her mother s prophecy, and triumphed over her ordinary beginnings first as a model in London and later becoming a household name in local radio, television and on stage. It was her path at the then Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) that would lead her directly to Michael Manley and to Jamaica House. Marriage to Michael also lead to her political awakening; not content with being the docile wife, Beverly assumed an activist role in the governing People s National Party (PNP), becoming embroiled in the ideological politics of the 1970s that would eventually lead to her estrangement from Michael, the destruction of their marriage, her flight into the arms of a rival lover and finally to a self-imposed exile in the US, where she took refuge from the ire of the Jamaican elite for daring to walk out on one of their own. But Beverly was to redeem herself and earn new respect as a broadcaster, commentator and incisive interviewer on the immensely popular and innovative Breakfast Club radio show. Now older and much wiser, Beverly tells it like it is in this intriguing and revealing memoir. It is a rags to riches story almost; a story of triumph and loss; of rising again and finally one of redemption." -- Publisher.

Michael Manley
Michael Manley

Author: Darrell E. Levi

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 9780820312217

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Traces the life of the Jamaican journalist, labor activist, and politician, and looks at how he has used his terms as Prime Minister to work on behalf of the poor.

Michael Manley
Michael Manley

Author: Godfrey P. Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789766379223

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Drawing on Manley's own letters to and from close confidantes, author interviews with over 30 people in Jamaica, Cuba, the US and UK, Canada, Trinidad and Barbados, countless hours of extensive research and review of footage of Manley's speeches, press conferences, official writings, Smith provides fresh and revealing insights into one of the most charismatic personalities in the modern history of the Caribbean.

Political Communication Strategies in Postindependence Jamaica, 1972-2006
Political Communication Strategies in Postindependence Jamaica, 1972-2006

Author: Floyd E. Morris

Publisher: University of the West Indies Press

Published: 2020-05-20

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9789766407803

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In Political Communication Strategies in Post-independence Jamaica, 1972-2006, Floyd E. Morris analyses some of the factors that contribute to apathy among citizens towards the political process by focusing on the communication strategies used by leaders and their administrations. He examines the relationship between leaders and the wider society they seek to influence, the communication methods and techniques that have been deployed in the exercise of power, and how change is effected or stymied by political communication. The central argument of the book is that the success or failure of leaders and their administrations in modern Jamaica is closely linked to an effective communication strategy to support their programmes and policies. Morris examines the campaigns and tenure of three of Jamaica's longest-serving prime ministers and assesses the communication strategies used to market their government's programmes and policies. By analysing the successes and failures of administrations between 1972 and 2006, he offers insight on the best approaches for connecting with and engaging citizens through effective communication.

Counter-Hegemony and Foreign Policy
Counter-Hegemony and Foreign Policy

Author: Randolph B. Persaud

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2001-03-29

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780791449202

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Argues that marginalized states and peoples are capable of initiating their own foreign policy agendas.

The Politics of Change
The Politics of Change

Author: Michael Manley

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780882580296

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Challenges the view that public investment patterns reflect political pressures from pro-development groups. Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, examines the condition of the country as a newly independent nation seeking to define a moral frame, a social objective, and a possible methodology for its political system. He discusses imperialism, human rights, education, productivity; his own attitude toward communism, socialism, and drugs. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR