{"product_id":"new-political-culture-in-the-caribbean-9789766408756","title":"New Political Culture in the Caribbean","description":"In this new edited volume, Holger Henke and Fred Reno build\u003cbr\u003eon their important collection \u003ci\u003eModern\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Culture in the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and revisit some of the themes in\u003cbr\u003eCaribbean political culture explored some eighteen years earlier. The\u003cbr\u003econtributors to \u003ci\u003eNew Political Culture in the Caribbean \u003c\/i\u003econsider more recent\u003cbr\u003edevelopments precipitating significant changes in the political attitudes and\u003cbr\u003ediscourses in the region. Even the persistent themes in Caribbean political\u003cbr\u003elife - issues such as race, ethnicity, sovereignty, civil rights, or poverty -\u003cbr\u003eallow for new consideration, not only because of their longevity but also\u003cbr\u003ebecause in their contemporary form they may speak to new dynamics in society or\u003cbr\u003efind different forms of expression or political impact. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe quality of political discourse - in terms of its content\u003cbr\u003eand forms of presentation - has significantly shifted over the first decades of\u003cbr\u003ethe twenty-first century, and the impact of social media and a concomitant rise\u003cbr\u003eof political fringe discourses have accelerated the fragmentation of the public\u003cbr\u003eand polity, leading to sharper confrontations in the political sphere and\u003cbr\u003egiving once again rise to crude forms of nationalism. There are also various\u003cbr\u003estressors and pressures that run counter to simplistic notions of nationalism\u003cbr\u003eand point to a great urgency for more transparent, sustainable, participatory\u003cbr\u003eand equitable modalities of political engagement and discourses in the\u003cbr\u003eregion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11852959\"\u003eHolger Henke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766408756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766408750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL016000\"\u003ePolitical Process | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL005000\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism \u0026amp; Socialism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL007000\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Democracy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44442124386541,"sku":"9789766408756","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fb7eb53e-0257-4e00-8118-06cd0ccf707b.jpg?v=1700200865","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/new-political-culture-in-the-caribbean-9789766408756","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}