Caribbean Issues from a political perspective

Caribbean Issues From a Political Perspective
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Caribbean Issues From a Political Perspective
Caribbean over decades has been experiencing political challenges, which exist even today, it has been noted that political dictators in the name of executives has been in control of the Latin Governments, the executives are very powerful in the sense that they guide the national destinies (Hillman & D’Agostino, 2009). The dictators are commonly known as the ‘caudillo’ in the local dialect. Political issues influence peace maintenance in the society. Boundaries have set cultural identities and social networking between different nations, “Politics of change are guided by regional integration” (Barrow-Giles, 2010).
Immigration is one of the greatest political issues being faced by the Caribbean, majority of the people in the region found them-selves in Caribbean due to slavery, an indication that issues of race are live. International boundaries can be effectively be managed by developing the right models dealing with border control bills. Caribbean is facing globalization and socialization as a political issue, characterized with “Revolution, democracy and regional integration in the Eastern Caribbean” (Payne & Sutton, 2003).
The current governments are seriously influenced by what is happening across the Caribbean borders. In the twenty first century, there is no one nation that can stand on its own; each and every nation is interdependent on one another in diverse ways. Nations depend on one another in issues of capital flows, manufactured goods and services and on issues of finance among other models (Barrow-Giles, 2010).
Global communication has opened up the world in a way that trade and international agreements have become far much easier. Nationalism of the Caribbean people has been influenced by immigration as quoted in “Understanding the contemporary Caribbean” (Hillman & D’Agostino, 2009), in the sense that the current society is made up different cultures, a model that threatens the national security, if nationalism is not properly handled has the probability of leading to anger and eventual civil way.
Caribbean politics are linked to the colonial history, with the party systems emphasizing on democracy, it was argued that “The Caribbean is defined, above all, by its geography and history” (Payne & Sutton, 2003). The geographical position of the Caribbean is distinctive, in the sense that Caribbean is often termed in reference to a sea and not actually representing a continent. Caribbean has a number of islands with each island having distinct “Psychological insularity” (P...