Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Caribbean: a cultural conundrum-Excerpts from a Guest lecture given at DePauw University, Indiana ,USA , 11/10/2011
Thank you for the opportunity of speaking to you on a subject that has been of great interest to me and of great importance to the peoples of the Caribbean region. I know that when many people think of the Caribbean, the immediate images of islands surrounded by sand and sea bathed in sunshine fun and frolic come to mind; that is what we see on TV By extension the exotic jungles of the South America in particular my native land Guyana , the only English speaking country on the continent of South America, may also capture the imagination as a paradise of the kind propagated in the movie Tarzan, very little is known about the cultural intricacies of the region in Western civilization outside of international organizations such as The United Nations and so the substantive issues of community life and conflict ,and of necessity conflict resolution make for a fascinating and important study. For the purpose of my discourse, I am confined to the fifteen countries which are members of Cari...