Philip Nanton
Biographic Data
| ID | 1245523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Nanton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Nanton |
| SIGNATURE | NANTON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The World of Mark de Silva
The Changing Pattern of State Control in St Vincent and the Grenadines
The first part of this chapter examines the pattern of colonial economic and political repression in St Vincent and illustrates what may be called the transition from ‘coercive’ to ‘incorporative’ policies. These changes have involved the handing over of political and economic control to a local populist and middle-class elite, a change from colonial political domination to economic dependence on the metropolis and a greatly expanded role for the…
Pirates of the Caribbean
This chapter examines the context for studying the frontier in the Caribbean. It challenges the notion that the Caribbean frontier featured for only a brief period in the region’s history. It argues that historically the Caribbean has had and continues to have identifiable frontier features. Shifting state boundaries, strong privatization, weak state regulation and patterns of religious and social withdrawal are explored as underlying features of…
All that Greek manure under the green bananas’
In 1992, soon after Derek Walcott had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, a frenzy of literary comparison began between Walcott and Homer. It was captured in the English newspaper The Observer’s profile of Walcott which offered the headline ‘Homer of the Caribbean’. Since then there has been no shortage of post-colonial critics determined to capture every Homeric twist and turn they choose to discover in his poetry. A useful summary of their pers…
Frontiers of the Caribbean
times, and so temporary stalls would also be set up along this stretch, ranged along the town centre's riverbank beside the Central Library.These temporary vendors have now become numerous and permanent.On Friday evenings, public 'blocko' fetes catering to all comers take over the central square, the scent of illegal marijuana hovering over the square while police patrol its outer limits.In this way, boundaries and borders become confused, as, fo…
Tony's Oldies
was beginning to see that this could be a photographic museum in cyberspace and a way of connecting Vincentians and keeping Vincentians connected with the homeUnd.- Tony Hadley, Tony's Oldies WebmasterIF YOU GOOGLE THE PHRASE 'Tony's Oldies', you will access a website portal to 156 pages of photographic images. The access icons to the individual pages are designed to look like so many miniature shoe boxes where old photographs might be stored. On…
Interviews
Poem
"Shake Keane's "Nonsense
Research Article| September 01 2003 Shake Keane's "Nonsense": An Alternative Approach to Caribbean Folk Culture Philip Nanton Philip Nanton Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Small Axe (2003) 7 (2): 71–92. https://doi.org/10.1215/-7-2-71 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Philip Nanton; Shake Keane's "Nonsense": An Alternative Approach to Caribbean Folk Culture. Small Axe 1 September 2…
What Does Mr. Swanzy Want—Shaping or Reflecting? An assessment of Henry Swanzy's contribution to the development of Caribbean Literature
In November 1954, after a period of eight years as editor of the BBC radio programme Caribbean Voices, Henry Swanzy left London for Accra to take up a further appointment in broadcasting. Those eight years established for him a unique position in Caribbean literature. He had presided over a series of regular weekly programmes, at first lasting 20 minutes and then 29 minutes after 1947. These programmes became, perhaps, the most important focus fo…
Ellsworth McGranahan ‘Shake‘ Keane, 1927–1997
Extending the Boundaries
This article offers a way of understanding the nature of local government equal opportunities policies. Its focus is race and women’s equality, but the principles it elucidates can also be applied to other contexts of equal opportunity. The approach outlined in this article argues for equal opportunities to be seen as a form of social regulation. A wider frame of reference and body of knowledge beyond political manoeuvring then becomes available …
Books
Barry Troyna and Richard Hatcher, Racism in Children's Lives: A Study of Mainly White Primary Schools, London: Routledge/National Children's Bureau, 1992, 216 pp., £35.00 h.b., £9.99 p.b. Alec G. Hargreaves, Voices from the North African Immigrant Community in France: Immigration and Identity in Beur Fiction, Oxford: Berg, 1991, 175 pp., £29.50 h.b. Vic Satzewich, Racism and the Incorporation of Foreign Labour: Farm Labour Migration to Canada Sin…
Official Statistics and Problems of Inappropriate Ethnic Categorisation
This article highlights the problem of inappropriate ethnic categorisation in official statistics. Ethnic categories are inappropriate, I argue, because they are static and fail to reflect the reality of group boundaries which tend to change and overlap. The paper demonstrates that one of the most dynamic and expanding categories has been redefined in ways which make the issue of race relations more difficult to address. Building on these themes …
National Frameworks and the Implementation of Local Policies
This paper examines the notion of integration in the five main migrant receiving countries of the European Community, namely, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. I argue that the term ‘integration’ is used in these countries primarily as a political concept of convenience to manage migrant relations. The result has been the diverse application of the term from one country to another. This is illustrated at the econom…
Books
Harry Goulbourne (ed), Black Politics in Britain, Aldershot: Avebury, 1990, 201 pp., £28.50 h.b. Michael Watson (ed), Contemporary Minority Nationalism, London: Routledge, 1990, 227 pp., £35.00 h.b. Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovee (eds), South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, 375 pp., £35.00 h.b. Freda Hawkins, Canada and Immigration: Public Policy and Public Concern, 2nd edition …
Professional training and passive discrimination against ethnic minorities
The new orthodoxy
Since the late 1950's there has been a considerable change in the assumptions on which central and local government race policies have developed. Although the goals of policy have never been clearly stated the initial assumption was that immigrants would and should adopt the ‘British Way of Life’. Immigrants and their children were expected to assimilate completely so that they and their children would be distinguishable from the ‘host’ community…
Strategy and tactics in organizational change
This paper is first concerned to review the characteristics of dominant strategies in race relations and organizational change as they affect local government. It is argued that these strategies make invalid assumptions, are unsupported by evidence of their effectiveness and offer too few options for organizational change through the intervention of an innovator in the form of the race relations adviser. An alternative change strategy is outlined…
Official Statistics and Problems of Inappropriate Ethnic Categorisation
This article highlights the problem of inappropriate ethnic categorisation in official statistics. Ethnic categories are inappropriate, I argue, because they are static and fail to reflect the reality of group boundaries which tend to change and overlap. The paper demonstrates that one of the most dynamic and expanding categories has been redefined in ways which make the issue of race relations more difficult to address. Building on these themes …
What Does Mr. Swanzy Want—Shaping or Reflecting? An assessment of Henry Swanzy's contribution to the development of Caribbean Literature
In November 1954, after a period of eight years as editor of the BBC radio programme Caribbean Voices, Henry Swanzy left London for Accra to take up a further appointment in broadcasting. Those eight years established for him a unique position in Caribbean literature. He had presided over a series of regular weekly programmes, at first lasting 20 minutes and then 29 minutes after 1947. These programmes became, perhaps, the most important focus fo…
Extending the Boundaries
This article offers a way of understanding the nature of local government equal opportunities policies. Its focus is race and women’s equality, but the principles it elucidates can also be applied to other contexts of equal opportunity. The approach outlined in this article argues for equal opportunities to be seen as a form of social regulation. A wider frame of reference and body of knowledge beyond political manoeuvring then becomes available …
The new orthodoxy
Since the late 1950's there has been a considerable change in the assumptions on which central and local government race policies have developed. Although the goals of policy have never been clearly stated the initial assumption was that immigrants would and should adopt the ‘British Way of Life’. Immigrants and their children were expected to assimilate completely so that they and their children would be distinguishable from the ‘host’ community…
Strategy and tactics in organizational change
This paper is first concerned to review the characteristics of dominant strategies in race relations and organizational change as they affect local government. It is argued that these strategies make invalid assumptions, are unsupported by evidence of their effectiveness and offer too few options for organizational change through the intervention of an innovator in the form of the race relations adviser. An alternative change strategy is outlined…
Interviews
National Frameworks and the Implementation of Local Policies
This paper examines the notion of integration in the five main migrant receiving countries of the European Community, namely, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. I argue that the term ‘integration’ is used in these countries primarily as a political concept of convenience to manage migrant relations. The result has been the diverse application of the term from one country to another. This is illustrated at the econom…
Strategy and tactics in organizational change
This paper is first concerned to review the characteristics of dominant strategies in race relations and organizational change as they affect local government. It is argued that these strategies make invalid assumptions, are unsupported by evidence of their effectiveness and offer too few options for organizational change through the intervention of an innovator in the form of the race relations adviser. An alternative change strategy is outlined…
The new orthodoxy
Since the late 1950's there has been a considerable change in the assumptions on which central and local government race policies have developed. Although the goals of policy have never been clearly stated the initial assumption was that immigrants would and should adopt the ‘British Way of Life’. Immigrants and their children were expected to assimilate completely so that they and their children would be distinguishable from the ‘host’ community…
Professional training and passive discrimination against ethnic minorities
National Frameworks and the Implementation of Local Policies
This paper examines the notion of integration in the five main migrant receiving countries of the European Community, namely, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. I argue that the term ‘integration’ is used in these countries primarily as a political concept of convenience to manage migrant relations. The result has been the diverse application of the term from one country to another. This is illustrated at the econom…
Books
Harry Goulbourne (ed), Black Politics in Britain, Aldershot: Avebury, 1990, 201 pp., £28.50 h.b. Michael Watson (ed), Contemporary Minority Nationalism, London: Routledge, 1990, 227 pp., £35.00 h.b. Colin Clarke, Ceri Peach and Steven Vertovee (eds), South Asians Overseas: Migration and Ethnicity, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, 375 pp., £35.00 h.b. Freda Hawkins, Canada and Immigration: Public Policy and Public Concern, 2nd edition …
Official Statistics and Problems of Inappropriate Ethnic Categorisation
This article highlights the problem of inappropriate ethnic categorisation in official statistics. Ethnic categories are inappropriate, I argue, because they are static and fail to reflect the reality of group boundaries which tend to change and overlap. The paper demonstrates that one of the most dynamic and expanding categories has been redefined in ways which make the issue of race relations more difficult to address. Building on these themes …
Books
Barry Troyna and Richard Hatcher, Racism in Children's Lives: A Study of Mainly White Primary Schools, London: Routledge/National Children's Bureau, 1992, 216 pp., £35.00 h.b., £9.99 p.b. Alec G. Hargreaves, Voices from the North African Immigrant Community in France: Immigration and Identity in Beur Fiction, Oxford: Berg, 1991, 175 pp., £29.50 h.b. Vic Satzewich, Racism and the Incorporation of Foreign Labour: Farm Labour Migration to Canada Sin…
Extending the Boundaries
This article offers a way of understanding the nature of local government equal opportunities policies. Its focus is race and women’s equality, but the principles it elucidates can also be applied to other contexts of equal opportunity. The approach outlined in this article argues for equal opportunities to be seen as a form of social regulation. A wider frame of reference and body of knowledge beyond political manoeuvring then becomes available …
Ellsworth McGranahan ‘Shake‘ Keane, 1927–1997
What Does Mr. Swanzy Want—Shaping or Reflecting? An assessment of Henry Swanzy's contribution to the development of Caribbean Literature
In November 1954, after a period of eight years as editor of the BBC radio programme Caribbean Voices, Henry Swanzy left London for Accra to take up a further appointment in broadcasting. Those eight years established for him a unique position in Caribbean literature. He had presided over a series of regular weekly programmes, at first lasting 20 minutes and then 29 minutes after 1947. These programmes became, perhaps, the most important focus fo…
Interviews
Poem
"Shake Keane's "Nonsense
Research Article| September 01 2003 Shake Keane's "Nonsense": An Alternative Approach to Caribbean Folk Culture Philip Nanton Philip Nanton Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Small Axe (2003) 7 (2): 71–92. https://doi.org/10.1215/-7-2-71 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Philip Nanton; Shake Keane's "Nonsense": An Alternative Approach to Caribbean Folk Culture. Small Axe 1 September 2…
Tony's Oldies
was beginning to see that this could be a photographic museum in cyberspace and a way of connecting Vincentians and keeping Vincentians connected with the homeUnd.- Tony Hadley, Tony's Oldies WebmasterIF YOU GOOGLE THE PHRASE 'Tony's Oldies', you will access a website portal to 156 pages of photographic images. The access icons to the individual pages are designed to look like so many miniature shoe boxes where old photographs might be stored. On…
Pirates of the Caribbean
This chapter examines the context for studying the frontier in the Caribbean. It challenges the notion that the Caribbean frontier featured for only a brief period in the region’s history. It argues that historically the Caribbean has had and continues to have identifiable frontier features. Shifting state boundaries, strong privatization, weak state regulation and patterns of religious and social withdrawal are explored as underlying features of…
All that Greek manure under the green bananas’
In 1992, soon after Derek Walcott had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, a frenzy of literary comparison began between Walcott and Homer. It was captured in the English newspaper The Observer’s profile of Walcott which offered the headline ‘Homer of the Caribbean’. Since then there has been no shortage of post-colonial critics determined to capture every Homeric twist and turn they choose to discover in his poetry. A useful summary of their pers…
Frontiers of the Caribbean
times, and so temporary stalls would also be set up along this stretch, ranged along the town centre's riverbank beside the Central Library.These temporary vendors have now become numerous and permanent.On Friday evenings, public 'blocko' fetes catering to all comers take over the central square, the scent of illegal marijuana hovering over the square while police patrol its outer limits.In this way, boundaries and borders become confused, as, fo…
The Changing Pattern of State Control in St Vincent and the Grenadines
The first part of this chapter examines the pattern of colonial economic and political repression in St Vincent and illustrates what may be called the transition from ‘coercive’ to ‘incorporative’ policies. These changes have involved the handing over of political and economic control to a local populist and middle-class elite, a change from colonial political domination to economic dependence on the metropolis and a greatly expanded role for the…
The World of Mark de Silva
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