The Attractions Of Nationhood : Illusion And Reality -Lessons From The CARICOM Experience

If it can be harnessed to implement the measures of deeper integration fundamental to national and regional development, CARICOM member states would not only have grasped the opportunity for their own advancement, but would offer the nonindependent Caribbean states, a viable vehicle for their own progress. -Sir Ronald Sanders
This paper will explore the lure of independence for the remaining non-independent territories in the Caribbean and the lessons that can be learned from the experience of other Caribbean countries particularly the member states of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM).