But ALBA is dying a death foretold... unsustainable...
UNASUR and PetroCaribe also...
Dr. David E. Lewis
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Senior Associate, Americas Program
Center for Strategic & International Studies
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From: Members of the Society for Caribbean Studies based in UK <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Cusack,A
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 6:36 AM
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Subject: BOOK: Venezuela, ALBA, and the Limits of Postneoliberal Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean
Just to say that my new book "Venezuela, ALBA, and the Limits of Postneoliberal Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean" has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan. It's certainly relevant to the Caribbean in the Caribbean-basin sense, and in terms of the Anglophone Caribbean it explicitly covers Dominica, St Vincent and Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda, as well as having a whole chapter devoted to Petrocaribe.
https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781349950027
"Without a doubt the best scholarly work on ALBA." (Olivier Dabčne, Sciences Po, Paris, author of The Politics of Regional Integration in Latin America)
"A measured, insightful, and valuable addition to scholarship on this dramatic, dynamic, and contentious period in LAC and wider hemispheric relations." (Julia Buxton, Professor of Comparative Politics, Central European University, Budapest, author of The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela)
"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the implementation, functioning, and impact of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), cornerstone of Venezuelan foreign policy and standard-bearer of "postneoliberal" regionalism during the "Left Turn" in Latin America and the Caribbean (1998-2016). It reveals that cooperation via ALBA's regionalised social missions, state multinationals, development bank, People's Trade Agreement, SUCRE virtual currency, and Petrocaribe soft-loan scheme has often been hampered by complexity and conflict between the national political economies of Ecuador, Dominica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, and especially Venezuela. Shared commitments to endogenous development, autonomy within mutlipolarity, and novel sources of legitimacy are undermined by serious deficiencies in control and accountability, which stem largely from the defining influence of Venezuela's dysfunctional economy and governance. This dual dependency on Venezuela leaves the future of ALBA hanging in the balance."
If you need any further info, feel free to get in touch.
Asa
Dr Asa Cusack
Managing Editor, LSE Latin America and Caribbean blog LSE Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC)
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