Creolization Redux: The Plural Society Thesis and Offshore Financial Services in the British Caribbean
1997; Brill; Volume: 71; Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2213-4360
Autores Tópico(s)Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
ResumoBILL MAURER CREOLIZATION REDUX: THE PLURAL SOCIETY THESIS AND OFFSHORE FINANCIAL SER VICES IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN It is in the strictest sense a medley, for they mix but do not combine. Each group holds by its own religion, its own culture and language. its own ideas and ways. As individuals they meet, but only in the market· place, in buying and selling. (Fumivall 1948:304) Events that take place in the British Caribbean rarely make it to the Los Angeles Times. Recently, however, an article about Nevis appeared on the first page of the Times' World Perspective section. Titled Island of Nevis' Itch to Secede Shocks Region of Ministates, the article reports that some Nevisians want out of their fourteen-year alliance with neigh- boring St. Kitts. It quotes Prime Minister Denzil Douglas's concern that independence for Nevis will mean further fragmentation in a region already highly disunified. According to Douglas. The real world is coming closer together, getting 1ogether in mega-blocs because of the challenges being faced by states today with the globali- zation of the world economy and trade liberalization. [ ... ) II is un· fortunate that the Caribbean region, as marginalized as it is at present, is now finding itself with the possibility of fragmentation, thus further marginalizing the area and making it appear to be unstable. (Darling 1997:A5) The article also reports that one of the reasons Nevisians seek in- dependence is to further the island's promotion as an offshore financial services center: Nevis has been more successful at attracting international Ntw Wt.fl lndion Guidt I Nituwt Wt.fl·lndischt Gids n11. 71 vol. J & 4 ( 1997}: 249-264
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