Marginalized groups in the Caribbean : gender, policy, and society / Ann Marie Bissessar, Cheryl-Ann Sarita Boodram, and Daniele Bobb.

"This book highlights the discrimination of groups in the Caribbean, including women, children, refugees, indigenous peoples, deportees, and flood victims. The three authors in this book are experts in separate disciplines: policy making, social work, as well as gender and development"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bissessar, Ann Marie (Author)
Boodram, Cheryl-Ann Sarita (Author)
Bobb, Daniele L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]
Subjects:
Marginality, Social > Caribbean Area.
Caribbean Area > Social conditions > 1945-
Poor > Caribbean Area > Social conditions.
Women > Caribbean Area > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Caribbean Area > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Social conditions.
Marginality, Social.
Poor > Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Women > Social conditions.
Caribbean Area.
Since 1945
Physical Description:xi, 194 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Section one. The governance problematic
  • A structural exploration of the invisibility and exclusion of marginalized populations / Cheryl Ann Sarita Boodram
  • Caribbean political leadership and policy development / Daniele Bobb
  • The rhetoric of governance: institutional racism and "bullying' in Guyana / Ann Marie Bissessar
  • Section two. Invisibility
  • Emerging from the margins: the first peoples of Trinidad and Tobago / Ann Marie Bissessar
  • Criminal deportees: the dilemma of reintegrating this group in a small island state / Ann Marie Bissessar
  • Living in the shadows: deported men in Trinidad and Tobago / Cheryl Ann Sarita Boodram
  • Repeated flooding: the experiences of families in vulnerable communities in Trinidad and Tobago / Cheryl Ann Sarita Boodram
  • Section three. Women and children
  • Movement of Caribbean people: voices of CARICOM mothers / Daniele Bobb
  • Caribbean women and the state: legal, regulatory and policy considerations / Daniele Bobb
  • The child as the 'ideal neo-liberal citizen': perspectives from Caribbean mothers / Daniele Bobb
  • Exploring the experiences of female Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago / Cheryl Ann Sarita Boodram.