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Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia: The ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony (2016)
Journal Article
Bishop, M. L., Clegg, P., & Hoefte, R. (2017). Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia: The ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony. Third World Quarterly, 38(2), 356-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1135397

Regional and hemispheric reconfigurations in Latin America and the Caribbean are increasingly mediated by Brazilian power, and the engagement of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana with this emerging context is intriguing. They are tentatively moving... Read More about Hemispheric reconfigurations in Northern Amazonia: The ‘Three Guianas’ amid regional change and Brazilian hegemony.

The United Kingdom Overseas Territories and the European Union: Benefits and prospects. Part I – EU benefits to the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (2016)
Report
Clegg, P. (2016). The United Kingdom Overseas Territories and the European Union: Benefits and prospects. Part I – EU benefits to the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

There are 14 United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) spread across the globe, of which nine are directly associated with the European Union (EU) via the Overseas Association Decision (OAD) adopted by the EU in 2013. These are Anguilla, Bermuda, B... Read More about The United Kingdom Overseas Territories and the European Union: Benefits and prospects. Part I – EU benefits to the United Kingdom Overseas Territories.

Pitcairn (2016)
Book Chapter
Clegg, P. (2016). Pitcairn. In S. Levine (Ed.), Pacific Ways: Government and Politics in the Pacific Islands, 248-257. Victoria University Press

This chapter provides a brief history of the Pitcairn Islands, before examining the constitutional system, and the challenges threatening the islands' sustainability.

Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice? (2016)
Journal Article
Dunwoodie-Stirton, F., Cole, P., Clegg, P., Dunwoodie-Stirton, F., & Cole, P. (2016). Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice?. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 54(1), 46-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2015.1126886

Since the late 1990s emphasis has been placed by the UK government on enhancing human rights in its Overseas Territories. Some early changes were enforced, but more recently persuasion and capacity building have been prioritised. However, due to the... Read More about Human rights in the overseas territories: In policy but not in practice?.

Reflections on a revolution: In conversation with Selwyn Strachan (2015)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2015). Reflections on a revolution: In conversation with Selwyn Strachan

Reflections on a Revolution: In Conversation with Selwyn Strachan was organised by the University of the West of England’s Social Science in the City strand, and took place in Bristol, UK on 22nd May 2014. What follows is an edited transcript of the... Read More about Reflections on a revolution: In conversation with Selwyn Strachan.

Grenada: Revolution and Invasion (2015)
Book
Clegg, P. (2015). P. Clegg, P. Lewis, & G. Williams (Eds.), Grenada: Revolution and Invasion. University of the West Indies Press

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. The Grenada events of 1979–1983, especi... Read More about Grenada: Revolution and Invasion.

Still lonely after all these years? Contemporary development in the ‘Three Guianas’ (2015)
Journal Article
Hoefte, R., Bishop, M. L., & Clegg, P. (2015). Still lonely after all these years? Contemporary development in the ‘Three Guianas’. Caribbean Studies, 43(2), 83-113

Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana have traditionally been seen as isolated: from each other; from the Caribbean with which they are socially and culturally contiguous; and also from the South American continent in which they are geographically situa... Read More about Still lonely after all these years? Contemporary development in the ‘Three Guianas’.

Taking stock of the decolonization agenda – The UK overseas territories (Caribbean, Bermuda, and St Helena): Current positions and future options (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Clegg, P. (2015, May). Taking stock of the decolonization agenda – The UK overseas territories (Caribbean, Bermuda, and St Helena): Current positions and future options. Paper presented at United Nations Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization

This paper analyses the current state of relations between the United Kingdom (UK) government and its Overseas Territories, with a particular focus on the Caribbean territories, Bermuda and St Helena. Over the last two decades the general approach of... Read More about Taking stock of the decolonization agenda – The UK overseas territories (Caribbean, Bermuda, and St Helena): Current positions and future options.

Non-self-governing territories of the Caribbean and debates over autonomy (2015)
Book Chapter
Clegg, P. (2015). Non-self-governing territories of the Caribbean and debates over autonomy. In J. West (Ed.), South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2016, 33-39. Routledge

Nineteen countries in the Caribbean region (from the Cayman Islands in the west to Martinique in the east, and from the Turks and Caicos Islands in the north to French Guiana in the south, plus Bermuda, located in the West Atlantic but often grouped... Read More about Non-self-governing territories of the Caribbean and debates over autonomy.

Ebola, Chikungunya, and the Caribbean: Struggling to prepare and respond (2015)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2015). Ebola, Chikungunya, and the Caribbean: Struggling to prepare and respond. Round Table, 104(1), 65-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2015.1005357

In recent months the Caribbean has faced an epidemic of the Chikungunya virus, which the region has found difficult to control. In May 2014 the Caribbean Health Agency (CARPHA) declared the virus had reached epidemic levels, and since then the number... Read More about Ebola, Chikungunya, and the Caribbean: Struggling to prepare and respond.

The Commonwealth Caribbean and Europe: The End of the Affair? (2015)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2015). The Commonwealth Caribbean and Europe: The End of the Affair?. Round Table, 104(4), 429-440. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2015.1063841

© 2015 The Round Table Ltd. Abstract: The institutional relationship between the Commonwealth Caribbean and the European Union (EU) dates back to the mid-1970s, when the Lomé Convention was signed. The agreement was seen as a high water mark in First... Read More about The Commonwealth Caribbean and Europe: The End of the Affair?.

Guyana, its Foreign Policy, and the Path to Development (2014)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2014). Guyana, its Foreign Policy, and the Path to Development. Round Table, 103(4), 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2014.941193

© 2014, The Round Table Ltd. Guyana is potentially on the threshold of great change. The growing importance of gold-mining and logging, and the rising hope that sizeable quantities of oil will soon be found should act as a catalyst for a dramatic imp... Read More about Guyana, its Foreign Policy, and the Path to Development.

The United Kingdom and its caribbean overseas territories: Present relations and future prospects (2013)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2013). The United Kingdom and its caribbean overseas territories: Present relations and future prospects

This paper considers the relationship between the UK and its Caribbean Overseas Territories (OTs) since the Conservative-led coalition government won power in May 2010. There is discussion of the UK government’s recent White Paper on the OTs; the bal... Read More about The United Kingdom and its caribbean overseas territories: Present relations and future prospects.

Independence movements in the Caribbean: Withering on the vine? (2012)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2012). Independence movements in the Caribbean: Withering on the vine?. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 50(4), 422-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2012.729728

Several countries in the Caribbean are not yet independent. However, none wish to become so, despite politicians in several of them initiating moves towards that end. This contribution evaluates these attempts and explains why they failed. The key fa... Read More about Independence movements in the Caribbean: Withering on the vine?.

The non-independent territories of the Caribbean and Pacific: Continuity or change? (2012)
Book
Clegg, P. (2012). P. Clegg, & D. Killingray (Eds.), The non-independent territories of the Caribbean and Pacific: Continuity or change?. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London

By the end of the 20th century the once great modern European empires had gone - well, almost! Today, scattered around the world, there are small territories, remnants of empire that for one reason and another have eschewed independence and retain li... Read More about The non-independent territories of the Caribbean and Pacific: Continuity or change?.

The Turks and Caicos Islands: Why does the cloud still hang? (2012)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2012). The Turks and Caicos Islands: Why does the cloud still hang?. Social and Economic Studies- Institute of Social and Economic Research University of the West Indies Jamaica, 61(1), 23-47

This paper considers the report of the 2009 UK government-appointed Commission of Inquiry into corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), and draws comparisons with a similar Commission of Inquiry undertaken in 1986. The paper evaluates the ch... Read More about The Turks and Caicos Islands: Why does the cloud still hang?.

The UK overseas territories: A decade of progress and prosperity? (2011)
Journal Article
Clegg, P., & Gold, P. (2011). The UK overseas territories: A decade of progress and prosperity?. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 49(1), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662043.2011.541117

This article analyses the relationship between the UK and its Overseas Territories since the publication of the 1999 White Paper Partnership for Progress and Prosperity. The article considers the efforts by the UK government to improve links with the... Read More about The UK overseas territories: A decade of progress and prosperity?.

The Caribbean, the EU, and the WTO: The political economy of marginalization (2010)
Book Chapter
Clegg, P. (2010). The Caribbean, the EU, and the WTO: The political economy of marginalization. In E. Benjamin Labarthe, & E. Dubesset (Eds.), Émancipations caribeennes: Histoire, mémoire, enjeux socio-économiques et politiques, 309-320. l’Harmattan

The paper evaluates the changes that have taken place in the political economy of global trade, particularly the growing influence of international organisations (such as the European Union and World Trade Organisation) and their rules and norms, and... Read More about The Caribbean, the EU, and the WTO: The political economy of marginalization.