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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, Managua, Nicaragua

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.

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?.

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). Abingdon: 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.

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?. London: 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). Paris: 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.

Governance in the non-independent Caribbean: challenges and opportunities in the 21st century (2009)
Book
Clegg, P., & Pantojas-Garcia, E. (2009). Governance in the non-independent Caribbean: challenges and opportunities in the 21st century. Ian Randle

This edited volume brings together the perspectives of scholars and officials from Europe and the Caribbean to provide a much-needed international, comparative and interdisciplinary perspective on the status and performance of the non-independent ter... Read More about Governance in the non-independent Caribbean: challenges and opportunities in the 21st century.

The Turks and Caicos Islands: the cloud that still hangs (2009)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2009). The Turks and Caicos Islands: the cloud that still hangs. Social and Economic Studies- Institute of Social and Economic Research University of the West Indies Jamaica, 58(3 & 4), 227-233

The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) is one of 14 Overseas Territories still overseen by the UK. Under the Constitution there is an allocation of responsibilities between the British Crown, acting through the Governor, and the locally elected TCI gover... Read More about The Turks and Caicos Islands: the cloud that still hangs.

Special journal issue, ‘Competitiveness and Caribbean economies: emerging issues and future directions' (2008)
Book
Clegg, P., & Williams, D. (2008). Special journal issue, ‘Competitiveness and Caribbean economies: emerging issues and future directions'. The Round Table – The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs

This special issue of The Round Table focusing on competitiveness in Caribbean economies aims to provide the intellectual driving force from within the region to develop competitiveness policy frameworks that can strengthen the private sector, which... Read More about Special journal issue, ‘Competitiveness and Caribbean economies: emerging issues and future directions'.

The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion (2008)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2008). The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion. Round Table, 97(395), 227-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358530801962022

The paper evaluates the changes that have taken place in the political economy of global trade, particularly the growing influence of international organizations and their rules and norms, and the institutional exclusion of the Commonwealth Caribbean... Read More about The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion.

Alleviating the consequences of marginalisation? EU aid policy towards the Caribbean ACPs (2008)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2008). Alleviating the consequences of marginalisation? EU aid policy towards the Caribbean ACPs. Journal of International Development, 20(2), 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1450

The article reviews the EU's development policy in relation to the Caribbean members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group. It considers the particular challenges faced by these small economies before assessing their trade and aid relatio... Read More about Alleviating the consequences of marginalisation? EU aid policy towards the Caribbean ACPs.

Britain and the Commonwealth Caribbean: Policy under New Labour (2006)
Journal Article
Clegg, P. (2006). Britain and the Commonwealth Caribbean: Policy under New Labour. Round Table, 95(385), 411-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358530600748218

The relationship between Britain and the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean has been defined largely by declining interest and disengagement since the process of decolonization began in 1962. Occasionally Britain was obliged to re-engage with th... Read More about Britain and the Commonwealth Caribbean: Policy under New Labour.