Shoring up a Sea of Signs
How the Caribbean Basin Initiative Framed the US Invasion of Grenada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cynthia Weber (0000-0001-6856-1291, Department of Political Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1363, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 547-558 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/d120547 |
| OpenAlex | W2050011688 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 10 |
Diseourse in the United States concerning the Grenada invasion exemplifies what is at stake at the intersection between geography and critical geopolitics. In this paper I have taken seriously the geographic imagery of foreign policy discourse in order to examine how discursive diplomatic flows (and other fluids) are shaped by the containers in which they are placed. The Caribbean Basin Initiative-the Reagan administration's geopolitical container for its Caribbean policy-allowed the administration to chart a new course for US hegemony in the region. Contained and contextualized by the Initiative, regional struggles such as the invasion of Grenada are saturated with implications that may have been absent had Caribbean policy been framed differently
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2016 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |