portrayed as the untouched paradise‚ with its’ crystallised waters‚ hidden getaways and lavish landscapes with enriched flora and fauna. However‚ the image projected is not without a tumultuous past. It is a past based on colonialism‚ slavery‚ indentureship‚ assimilation‚ the mixing and diffusion or borrowing of many cultures which have characterised the region as one that is in flux. One may even stake the claim that the constructs of contemporary Caribbean is largely or significantly as a result
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identifies commonalities. It is the area that is defined by the Caribbean Plate and which experiences similar tectonic‚ seismic and volcanic features and processes. Historical It describes the area that saw the impact of European colonization‚ slavery‚ indentureship and the plantation system. this refers to all the territories so that one way of defining the Caribbean is to identify those countries that experienced the rule of specific European countries. Thus the Caribbean may be defined as being broken up
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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE‚ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO‚ WEST INDIES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Telephone: (868) 662-2002 Ext. 83232‚ 82406‚ 82408 Fax: (868) 662-6295 Title of Course: Law‚ Governance‚ Economy and Society Course Code : FOUN 1301 Course Provider: Faculty of Social Sciences Level: I When offered: Semesters I‚ II and III Credits: 3 Contact hours: 36 Prerequisites: None Course Description: Law‚ Governance‚ Economy and Society is a multi-disciplinary course designed to offer
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Challenges in the Caribbean The Caribbean is known to be a place that has been colonized‚ changed and heavily influenced. Upon the arrival of the Europeans‚ the Caribbean lifestyle was affected and changed forever. Along with the arrival of the European settlers‚ many of their values‚ customs and traditions were brought over. The peoples of the Caribbean countries that were brought over had roots tying back to Africa‚ China‚ India and Portugal. These groups of people were colonized by three
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Demographic Transition Theory In Sociology there are numerous theories that we use to explain‚ analyze and define populations‚ one of these theories being the Demographic Transition Theory‚ developed primarily by Warren Thompson of Sweden. This theory was initially used to trace the transition of European society’s population from primitive communism to nineteenth century capitalism it dealt with demographic and social change throughout the European historical landscape. According to Jackson
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approach (people friendly) and a hard approach (people as a resource to be used as seen fit by the organization)‚ could be summarized as a strategic approach to managing employees. The role of industrial relations has been diminished to some extent in Trinidad and Tobago with the implementation of human resource management practices and policies. However some of the aspects of the traditional public sector model and the environment it was planted in has survived till now‚ which affects the implementation
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The Social institution of the family There are various types of Caribbean family forms. The emergence of the different types was largely due to historical influences that shape Caribbean civilization. Caribbean society has grown into a cosmopolitan mixture of different races and ethnic groups that construct their reality in the Caribbean. This mixture has resulted in a unique social system; plural‚ polarized‚ politicised‚ problematic‚ but still some what plantation society. This has impacted the
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areas of Hispaniola ( they are refered to as Ciboneys) The Tainos were not a separate group that came to the region‚ they simply where hybrids of the earlier peoples of the Greater Antiles. The Tainos arived in the Caribean through Venezuela- Trinidad gate way about 30BC. The last wave of migrants from South America before the contact was the “Island Caribs so caled to diferentiate them from the
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national borders it is referred to as Human Trafficking especially when these slaves provide sexual services. Indentureship Indentured laborers were assigned contracts in which they were paid wages to work for a specified period of time. After the contracts expired they were given the option to return to their homelands or to receive a plot of land. Many chose to stay. Indentureship was supposed to differ from slavery‚ however‚ the servants were treated as harshly as the slaves Chattel- African
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Barbuda‚ St. Kitts-Nevis‚ Montserrat‚ Anguilla‚ Virgin islands• Netherland Antilles: Aruba‚ Bonaire‚ Curacao (ABC"islands); Saint Marten‚• Saba‚ St. Eustatius• Mainland Territories: Guyana‚ Belize‚ Suriname‚ Cayenne (French Guyana)• Others: Barbados‚ Trinidad & Tobago‚ Cayman Islands‚ Bahama Islands‚ Turks and Caicos Islands 5. Geographical Definition• Geographically the Caribbean is defined as the land area which has its coastline washed by the Caribbean Sea• This would mean that the
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