Chapter 13: Trans-Regional Regimes and Globalization in Education: Constructing the Neo-Caribbean Citizen

“Integrate or perish” by Kenneth Hall (2002), surmises the final options for the 15 Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)¹ if they are to survive the epidemic of globalization. These words capture the efficacy and consequences of social processes of globalization upon CARICOM’s Member States in a post-1989 world and the “new” role of education. In today’s globalizing world, policies, innovations, ideologies, and information spread from one country to another (Newmark, 2002). Globalization has become the buzzword of laymen and academics as they seek to problema-tize and explain the phenomena of de-territorialization, balkanization, and international integration occurring globally. Yet, the term globalization has become so cliched and oversimplified that academics are increasingly apprehensive of using it. Still, deliberations about globalization and its effects upon education have penetrated the national and international arenas, and have spun fresh research ideas.