Marginalized Groups in the Caribbean

Ann Marie Bissessar is professor at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus.Cheryl-Ann Sarita Boodram is lecturer and practicum coordinator at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus.Daniele Bobb is lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus.

• Table of ContentsIntroductionSection One- The Governance Problematic Chapter One - A Structural Exploration of the Invisibility and Exclusion of Marginalized Populations- Cheryl Ann Sarita BoodramChapter Two - Caribbean Political Leadership and Policy Development- Daniele BobbChapter Three - The Rhetoric of Governance: Institutional Racism and “Bullying’ in Guyana- Ann Marie BissessarSection Two- InvisibilityChapter Four - Emerging from the Margins: The First Peoples of Trinidad and Tobago- Ann Marie BissessarChapter Five - Criminal Deportees: The Dilemma of Reintegrating this group in a Small Island State- Ann Marie BissessarChapter Six - Living in the Shadows: Deported Men in Trinidad and Tobago- Cheryl Ann Sarita BoodramChapter Seven - Repeated Flooding: The experiences of families in vulnerable communities in Trinidad and Tobago -Cheryl Ann Sarita BoodramSection Three - Women and ChildrenChapter Eight - Movement of Caribbean People: Voices of CARICOM Mothers-Daniele BobbChapter Nine - Caribbean Women and the State: Legal, Regulatory and Policy Considerations- Daniele BobbChapter Ten - The Child as the ‘Ideal Neo-Liberal Citizen’: Perspectives from Caribbean Mothers- Daniele BobbChapter Eleven - Exploring the experiences of female Venezuelan migrants in Trinidad and Tobago -Cheryl Ann Sarita BoodramConclusion

This timely manuscript, focused on vulnerable populations in the CARICOM region, has much broader, international appeal. Multi-disciplinary in nature, the issue of marginalization is moving up political agendas across the globe and is now a topic worthy of both scholarly investigation and of greater relevance to policy makers and practitioners. I commend the editor and authors for this valuable and useful manuscript.