This book is a must read for students and persons interested in the
public policy issues of the anglo-phone Caribbean. The book examines the
evolution of public policy in Guyana during the period of so-called
'radical nationalism' (under Burnham) and its aftermath (under Hoyte).
The author brings forward both new lines of arguments and new bodies of
material. In his consideration of the Burnham era he demonstrated the
complicated ways in which "the policy of paramountcy" intertwined with
the regime's economic policy of nationalizing the key bauxite and sugar
industries. In his consideration of the Hoyte era he presented the first
substantive review of the re-orientation towards orthodoxy during the
late 1980s. He employed a novel public policy framework to unravel the
twists and turns of Guyana's post-colonial transformation.