This work covers a group of territories that are of increasing importance internationally. It assesses the development of the Dutch Caribbean with a historical perspective that provides a link between past and present. It analyzes the struggles in party politics throughout the area, and demonstrates the social and economic dysfunction that results from dependence on a single major economic activity. In addition, it presents a range of issues such as a collectively regional strategy for survival between Britain, France, The Netherlands and Spain; wider Caribbean economic cooperation; and the...