The only two electoral victories of multi-racial parties in Trinidad and Tobago and in Guyana are analyzed comparatively to determine the conditions of their success in the sharply racially competitive environments of both countries. The argument of the article is that new class formation in the ...
Home › Private: About Us › Milestones in the Evolution of the Electoral System Milestones in the Evolution of the Electoral System1846 Trinidad and Tobago a colony administered by the Governor and Nominated Assemblies Petition signed by 1,700 persons and sent to the Colonial Office for establ...
The distribution of political power in the Commonwealth Caribbean has been transformed since World War II by the introduction of adult suffrage. White élites, previously entrenched behind restrictive property franchises, have seen their electoral advantage disappear, and only a few individual whites ...