Democracy in the Caribbean

Regional experts have long noted the surprising rate of democratization in the Caribbean. Ten out of the twelve English-speaking Caribbean island-states -- among a total of sixteen independent Caribbean nations -- have maintained relatively stable democracies since independence, a better rate of success than that of Latin America. In Democracy In The Caribbean sixteen Caribbean area specialists offer both global and regional perspectives in an effort to explain why this is so.

Jorgb I. Dominguez is professor in the Center for International Affairs Harvard University. Robert A. Pastor is professor and director Latin American and Caribbean Program at the Carter Presidential Center, Emory University. R. Delisle Worrell is deputy director of the Central Bank of Barbados.