{"product_id":"new-political-culture-in-the-caribbean","title":"New Political Culture in the Caribbean","description":"In this new edited volume, Holger Henke and Fred Reno build\non their important collection \u003ci\u003eModern\nPolitical Culture in the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and revisit some of the themes in\nCaribbean political culture explored some eighteen years earlier. The\ncontributors to \u003ci\u003eNew Political Culture in the Caribbean \u003c\/i\u003econsider more recent\ndevelopments precipitating significant changes in the political attitudes and\ndiscourses in the region. Even the persistent themes in Caribbean political\nlife – issues such as race, ethnicity, sovereignty, civil rights, or poverty –\nallow for new consideration, not only because of their longevity but also\nbecause in their contemporary form they may speak to new dynamics in society or\nfind different forms of expression or political impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quality of political discourse – in terms of its content\nand forms of presentation – has significantly shifted over the first decades of\nthe twenty-first century, and the impact of social media and a concomitant rise\nof political fringe discourses have accelerated the fragmentation of the public\nand polity, leading to sharper confrontations in the political sphere and\ngiving once again rise to crude forms of nationalism. There are also various\nstressors and pressures that run counter to simplistic notions of nationalism\nand point to a great urgency for more transparent, sustainable, participatory\nand equitable modalities of political engagement and discourses in the\nregion.","brand":"University of the West Indies Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57259412750680,"sku":"9789766408756","price":56.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9789766408756_28487957-92c4-4e98-87fa-e774e3c33f66.jpg?v=1778805034","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/new-political-culture-in-the-caribbean","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}