The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

A Research Guide
Erscheinungsjahr 1987
ISBN: 978-90-6765-231-5
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

Reihe: Caribbean Series

The former Dutch Caribbean islands of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba are going through a complex and, in many ways, difficult phase of their development. Three factors characterize the present situation of the six islands. First, there is an extreme dependence on the Netherlands, and to a lesser degree on Venezuela and the United States; this dependence has economic and political as well as cultural aspects. Next, smallness of scale characterizes the Antilles-of-five and Aruba, which attained a separate status in 1986. Finally, heterogeneity may be said to typify the islands. The major contrasts between the Leeward and the Windward Islands, the traditionally strong Curaçao-Aruba antagonism, and the considerable social, ethnic, and cultural variations within each of the islands are cases in point.
These two Caribbean mini-states, as yet partners in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, form a highly interesting subject for social science research. Moreover, since dependence, smallness, and heterogeneity tend to undermine the islands’ resilience and the welfare of their populations, social science research can be expected to help Antillean policy makers in finding solutions to the problems facing them.
This book, large parts of which were published in Dutch in 1984 by a joint Antillean-Dutch group of scholars, aims to survey and stimulate relevant social science research on the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. It consists of four chapters. The first two provide an introduction to the islands and to the actual state of research and research centres. The heart of the book is the third chapter, an extensive bibliographical essay. In the last chapter, some recommendations for future research are formulated. An extensive bibliography of some 550 entries and a list of relevant research centres complete the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koulen, Ingrid

Oostindie, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

I. A Profile of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
1. Geography
2. History
3. Population
4. Economy
5. Constitutional Development
6. Culture

II. Dutch Caribbean Studies
1. The Netherlands
2. The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
3. Suriname
4. The United States
5. Venezuela
6. Conclusion

III. Social Science Studies, 1967-1986
1. Introduction
2. Historical research
3. Political and governmental Research
4. Legal research
5. Social and economic research
6. Anthropological and sociological research
7. Educational research
8. Socio-linguistic research

IV. Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography
Foundations and Institutions Involved in Caribbean Studies in the Netherlands and the Netherlands Antilles

Über Autor(innen)

Ingrid Koulen (1953) is a sociologist, specialized in non-Western societies, trained at the University of Leiden. Previously attached to the Department of Caribbean Studies of the Koninklijke Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV), she is now working with the Dutch government in the field of Caribbean minorities in the Netherlands.

Gert Ooostindie (1955) studied history and social sciences at the Free University of Amsterdam. Since 1983, he has been head of the Department of Caribbean Sudies of the KITLV.

Peter Vernon (1942) is a political scientist, educated at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Since the mid-1970s, he has been attached to the University of the Netherlands Antilles, presently as associate professor.

Rosemarijn Hoefte (1959) received her education in history and Latin American studies at the University of Leiden as well as at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Presently she is affiliated with the Department of Caribbean and Studies of the KITLV.