INTRODUCTION: LOCALITY IN TODAY'S GLOBAL CARIBBEAN: SHIFTING ECONOMIES OF NATION, RACE, AND DEVELOPMENT

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Notes

1. The editing of this special issue of Identities, as well as the writing and assembling of the introductory article, was shared equally by Karla Slocum and Deborah A. Thomas.

2. Although we have edited the statements, in each of the ‘pair's statements’ sections of this introduction, we note the original authors of those statements to credit their work.

3. The ‘Washington Consensus’ characterizes the method of fiscal, trade, and development practice favored by national and international economic development planners. For a brief but concise discussion of the rationale and critique of this economic ideology, see Chomsky 1998: 19–21.

4. ‘Hucksters’ are small-scale interisland traders in agricultural products found in the Eastern Caribbean. In other parts of the Caribbean, they may be called ‘higglers,’ ‘hawkers,’ or ‘machann.’

5. Originally, Jessica Montalvo (University of Texas-Austin) was to contribute an article on migration for this issue and, with Heather Horst, she helped author this pair's statement. Because of unexpected circumstances, Jessica was unable to participate in the collection. We want to acknowledge her contribution to the statement that appears in this issue.

6. Return migration itself is confused or conflated with a number of related migration practices (King 2000; Gmelch 1980). The shifting intention of migrants contributes, in part, to the confusion. For a discussion of return migration, see King 2000: 8; for repeat (or circular) migration, see Kearney 1995 and Austin-Broos 1997; and for re‐migration see Basch, Glick Schiller, and Szanton Blanc 1994 and Guarnizo 1997.

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Deborah A. Thomas

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