Trinidad and Tobago
Subtitle: ethnic conflict, inequality, and public sector governance
By: Ralph Premdas
Contributors: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Series: Ethnicity, inequality and public sector governance series; Ethnicity, inequality and public sector governance series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Basingstoke; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780230521827
Subjects: Equality; Practical Politics; Ethnic conflict
Notes: "UNRISD"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ethnicity, inequality and conflict : an introduction; title: The peoples of Trinidad and Tobago : historical and constitutional evolution; title: Struggles over the distribution of posts in the public service, private sector, cabinet, Parliament, and presidency; title: Identity politics : struggles over symbols, culture and history; title: Partisan politics, electoral systems and ethnic strife; title: Modes and mechanisms of inter-ethnic conflict management.