New Political Culture in the Caribbean

Fred Reno

ISBN 10: 9766408750 / ISBN 13: 9789766408756

Edité par University of the West Indies Press, JM, 2022

A propos de cet article

In this new edited volume, Holger Henke and Fred Reno buildon their important collection ModernPolitical Culture in the Caribbean (2003) and revisit some of the themes inCaribbean political culture explored some eighteen years earlier. Thecontributors to New Political Culture in the Caribbean consider more recentdevelopments precipitating significant changes in the political attitudes anddiscourses in the region. Even the persistent themes in Caribbean politicallife - issues such as race, ethnicity, sovereignty, civil rights, or poverty -allow for new consideration, not only because of their longevity but alsobecause in their contemporary form they may speak to new dynamics in society orfind different forms of expression or political impact.The quality of political discourse - in terms of its contentand forms of presentation - has significantly shifted over the first decades ofthe twenty-first century, and the impact of social media and a concomitant riseof political fringe discourses have accelerated the fragmentation of the publicand polity, leading to sharper confrontations in the political sphere andgiving once again rise to crude forms of nationalism. There are also variousstressors and pressures that run counter to simplistic notions of nationalismand point to a great urgency for more transparent, sustainable, participatoryand equitable modalities of political engagement and discourses in theregion.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: New Political Culture in the Caribbean
• Éditeur: University of the West Indies Press, JM
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9766408750
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789766408756
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 151 grammes

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Synopsis

In this new edited volume, Holger Henke and Fred Reno build
on their important collection Modern
Political Culture in the Caribbean (2003) and revisit some of the themes in
Caribbean political culture explored some eighteen years earlier. The
contributors to New Political Culture in the Caribbean consider more recent
developments precipitating significant changes in the political attitudes and
discourses in the region. Even the persistent themes in Caribbean political
life - issues such as race, ethnicity, sovereignty, civil rights, or poverty -
allow for new consideration, not only because of their longevity but also
because in their contemporary form they may speak to new dynamics in society or
find different forms of expression or political impact.

The quality of political discourse - in terms of its content
and forms of presentation - has significantly shifted over the first decades of
the twenty-first century, and the impact of social media and a concomitant rise
of political fringe discourses have accelerated the fragmentation of the public
and polity, leading to sharper confrontations in the political sphere and
giving once again rise to crude forms of nationalism. There are also various
stressors and pressures that run counter to simplistic notions of nationalism
and point to a great urgency for more transparent, sustainable, participatory
and equitable modalities of political engagement and discourses in the
region.

À propos des auteurs

Holger Henke is
former vice-chancellor for academic affairs and provost, Wenzhou-Kean
University, Zhejiang, China. His publications include Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean (co-edited with Fred
Reno).

Fred Reno is a professor of political science, Université des Anilles in Guadeloupe. His publications include Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean (co-edited with Holger Henke).