This book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of regional integration in the contemporary Caribbean, challenging the value of the neoliberal ideology that permeates regionalism discourse.The book asks what value neoliberal regionalism holds for the Caribbean, when its economic goals of efficiency and competitiveness serve to actively marginalize small states within the global community. Presenting an alternative framework for assessing success, the book investigates how the C...

Inspirational Messages from the Heart presents a series of uplifting poems and stories from the pen of author Patsy Lewis. She shares verses of romance and love and offers tributes to honor lost loved ones. Many of her works are poems in praise to the Almighty God, while others recall family reunions and pay tribute to various organizations. Expressing love, joy, comfort, and encouragement, these inspiring works seek to leave you with happiness in your heart. GOD’S LOVE A perfect love I‘ve...

Unbordering Migration Studies in the Caribbean and Latin America brings together scholars and artists across regions, generations, disciplines, and modes of expression to decenter the US-Mexico border as both a site and a concept. Calling for renewed attention to the spaces, identities, and conflicts that remain understudied and excluded from our hemispheric knowledge of forced movement, the volume reveals a wider diversity of migratory realities and considers race, ethnicity, and...

In todays busy world, its hard to slow down and pay attention to the things that really matter. And the busyness of day-to-day activities often dulls our senses to the needs, hurts and miracles that happen in our very midst.In Simply Rejoicing, Patsy Lewis uses biblical examples and contemporary stories of God at work to guide readers through a year of truly paying attention to the Lords work in their lives and the world around them.Simply Rejoicing is designed to be read throughout the year....

The Bible contains numerous models of prayers offered to God by His people. Even Jesus prayed to His Father and spent significant time in solitude listening to Him. Yet it seems that today very few Christians actually spend time with the Lord. For many, prayer has been reduced to squeezing in a few seconds to give thanks before meals and listing requests at bedtime. Still, many Christians long to develop a disciplined and meaningful prayer life but find it difficult to know where or how to be...

How can two walk together when they do not agree. Amelia McIlewain is filled with the Holy Spirit. Matthew Carlisle is filled with hatred and a festering anger toward women. Given away to relatives as a baby, knowing little approval or affection, Matthew leaves the home of his aunt and uncle at fifteen, striking out on his own. When he meets Amelia, he finds himself with feelings he has never experienced for anyone. Her tender heart is captured by the need for love she senses in Matthew. A...

A critical part of the history of regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean is to be found in the widening of the economic and functional relationships among the English-speaking Caribbean to embrace other countries in the Greater Caribbean.Bringing together a range of international experts to explain the broad thrusts of CARICOM’s widening project and the opportunities and challenges it presents, the book pays particular attention to CARICOM’s relations with the French Caribb...

As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) approaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2023,the contributors to Caribbean Integration: Uncertainty in Time of Global Fragmentation critically reflect on the evolution of regional movement, analysing the challenges of maintaining relevance in a post-Brexit era of regional integration, while also highlighting opportunities for its reinvigoration.This collection offers diverse perspectives from scholars within the region and beyond on the ...

This book presents a unique collection of perspectives drawn from academics from the Caribbean, UK and US, as well as the reflections of two prominent persons, Richard Hart, Grenada's attorney general during the Revolution and Sir Shridath Ramphal, Commonwealth Secretary General at the time.

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion is a wide-ranging collection of essays by academics in the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and the United States, each with a unique perspective on the revolution and its effects.