Doctoral Dissertation Research: Regional Economic Integration and the Changing Spaces of Politics in the Caribbean

博士论文研究：区域经济一体化与加勒比地区政治空间的变化

• 批准号: 0101219
• 负责人: Victoria Lawson
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-04-15 至 2002-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0101219&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Regional; Economic

Supra-national and transnational regional economies are emerging as a territorial response to the competitive pressures of trade-led development. Analysis of these emerging regional institutions has tended to focus on their implications for the management and control of economic flows and their potential threat to the sovereignty of nation-states. Less attention has been directed to the impact of regional economic integration on the political spaces in which local communities can articulate their concerns over trade-led development. Preliminary evidence suggests regional economic integration is remaking the geography of political opportunity and creating new possibilities for marginalized communities to demand accountability and action at scales beyond the nation-state. Focusing on regional integration in the Caribbean, the doctoral dissertation research project will compare how two non-governmental organizations (one labor- and one feminist-oriented) have interpreted and interacted with regional economic institutions to advance the interests of those they represent. A combination of archival research, interviews with organizational representatives and participant observation will be employed in three locations: Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad. Using a text-based manager, data will be analyzed to reveal a narrative of the changing nature and scale of political opportunity in the Caribbean. Comparing two very different organizations makes it possible to assess which issues have been addressed most successfully at the regional scale. Understanding how non-state actors operate within this complex landscape of political opportunities will advance theoretical and empirical understandings of how regional economic integration transforms political space.The significance of this research lies in its investigation of how regional economic integration reorganizes political space to create opportunities for political action at scales beyond the nation. The research contributes to empirical and theoretical debates within political and economic geography and feminist studies. It extends and deepens analysis of regional economic integration through its attention to cultural discourses and the activities of non-state actors. Exploring how Caribbean community is transformed and how different actors interpret regionalism is key to understanding how supra-national regions are emerging as potential sites for increased public engagement and reinvigorated democratic politics. Advancing empirical understanding of the process of regional development in the Caribbean provides unique insight into meeting the needs of poor and marginal populations at a time of intensified globalization and institutional erosion. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this award also will provide support to enable a promising student to establish a strong independent research career.

超国家和跨国区域经济正在兴起，作为对贸易主导发展的竞争压力的领土反应。 对这些新兴区域机构的分析往往侧重于它们对经济流动管理和控制的影响及其对民族国家主权的潜在威胁。 人们较少关注区域经济一体化对政治空间的影响，当地社区可以在政治空间中表达他们对贸易主导的发展的担忧。 初步证据表明，区域经济一体化正在重塑政治机会的地理格局，并为边缘化社区要求超越民族国家的问责制和行动创造新的可能性。 该博士论文研究项目以加勒比地区的区域一体化为重点，将比较两个非政府组织（一个以劳工组织为导向，一个以女权主义为导向）如何解释区域经济机构并与之互动，以促进它们所代表的利益。 将在巴巴多斯、圭亚那和特立尼达这三个地点进行档案研究、组织代表访谈和参与观察相结合的研究。 将使用基于文本的管理器对数据进行分析，以揭示加勒比地区政治机会性质和规模变化的叙述。 通过比较两个截然不同的组织，可以评估哪些问题在区域范围内得到了最成功的解决。 了解非国家行为体如何在复杂的政治机会格局中运作，将促进对区域经济一体化如何改变政治空间的理论和实证理解。这项研究的意义在于调查区域经济一体化如何重组政治空间，为国家以外的政治行动创造机会。 该研究有助于政治和经济地理学以及女权主义研究领域的实证和理论辩论。 它通过关注文化话语和非国家行为者的活动，扩展并深化了对区域经济一体化的分析。 探索加勒比共同体如何转变以及不同的行为者如何解释区域主义是理解超国家区域如何成为增加公众参与和重振民主政治的潜在场所的关键。 推进对加勒比区域发展进程的实证理解，为在全球化和制度侵蚀加剧的时代满足贫困和边缘人口的需求提供了独特的见解。 作为博士论文研究改进奖，该奖项还将为有前途的学生建立强大的独立研究生涯提供支持。