Jeb Sprague-Silgado
Biographic Data
| ID | 2045591 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeb Sprague-Silgado |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeb |
| FAMILY NAME | Sprague-Silgado |
| SIGNATURE | SPRAGUE-SILGADO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0717-0833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Transnational Capitalist Class
Since the late 1960s, social scientists have been studying the development of the capitalist class beyond national borders. In the 1990s, a group of researchers studying globalization began to document and theorize the rise of a transnational capitalist class associated with the spread of transnational corporations and the rise of a globally integrated production and financial system. This chapter summarizes the foundational works of sociologists…
Global Capitalism in the Caribbean
Once the slave-plantation outposts of European colonialism and then a domain of U.S. imperialism, over recent decades the Caribbean has become engulfed in new forms of accumulation and social relat
Global capitalism, Haiti, and the flexibilisation of paramilitarism
This paper looks at the shifting manner in which paramilitarism has been reproduced in Haiti, examining how it has evolved from the Cold War into the era of capitalist globalisation. The central argument of this article is that paramilitarism has not disappeared but has been altered, and that this has occurred in part due to the changing strategies of elites in the global era. Rather than a permanent and widespread force, paramilitary groups are …
The Caribbean Cruise Ship Business and the Emergence of a Transnational Capitalist Class
This paper will provide an overview of the fundamental changes that the cruise ship business has undergone with the emergence of capitalist globalization and in the context of the Caribbean region. Rising profits and investments in tourism during the later decades of the 20th century and into the 21st century have been an important part of the globalizing economy. This has been a consequence of both the major technological and organizational deve…
Toward an Understanding of Transnational Capitalism in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Cruise Ship Business and the Emergence of a Transnational Capitalist Class
This paper will provide an overview of the fundamental changes that the cruise ship business has undergone with the emergence of capitalist globalization and in the context of the Caribbean region. Rising profits and investments in tourism during the later decades of the 20th century and into the 21st century have been an important part of the globalizing economy. This has been a consequence of both the major technological and organizational deve…
Global capitalism, Haiti, and the flexibilisation of paramilitarism
This paper looks at the shifting manner in which paramilitarism has been reproduced in Haiti, examining how it has evolved from the Cold War into the era of capitalist globalisation. The central argument of this article is that paramilitarism has not disappeared but has been altered, and that this has occurred in part due to the changing strategies of elites in the global era. Rather than a permanent and widespread force, paramilitary groups are …
Toward an Understanding of Transnational Capitalism in the Caribbean
The Caribbean Cruise Ship Business and the Emergence of a Transnational Capitalist Class
This paper will provide an overview of the fundamental changes that the cruise ship business has undergone with the emergence of capitalist globalization and in the context of the Caribbean region. Rising profits and investments in tourism during the later decades of the 20th century and into the 21st century have been an important part of the globalizing economy. This has been a consequence of both the major technological and organizational deve…
Toward an Understanding of Transnational Capitalism in the Caribbean
The Transnational Capitalist Class
Since the late 1960s, social scientists have been studying the development of the capitalist class beyond national borders. In the 1990s, a group of researchers studying globalization began to document and theorize the rise of a transnational capitalist class associated with the spread of transnational corporations and the rise of a globally integrated production and financial system. This chapter summarizes the foundational works of sociologists…
Global Capitalism in the Caribbean
Once the slave-plantation outposts of European colonialism and then a domain of U.S. imperialism, over recent decades the Caribbean has become engulfed in new forms of accumulation and social relat
Global capitalism, Haiti, and the flexibilisation of paramilitarism
This paper looks at the shifting manner in which paramilitarism has been reproduced in Haiti, examining how it has evolved from the Cold War into the era of capitalist globalisation. The central argument of this article is that paramilitarism has not disappeared but has been altered, and that this has occurred in part due to the changing strategies of elites in the global era. Rather than a permanent and widespread force, paramilitary groups are …
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