Community Development in Trinidad and Tobago, 1943-1973: From Welfare to Patronage

Craig, Susan E., Community Development in Trinidad and Tobago, 1943-1973: From Welfare to Patronage, unpublished manuscript. Contents:

I. Preface

II. Introduction
Thesis
A note on ‘Welfare’ and ‘Patronage’

PART I

III. Social Welfare in the 1940’s
The Political Content
The Social Welfare Department
Relations of Different Groups to the Social Welfare Department

IV. The Policies of the 1950’s
Community Development: 1949-1955
The PNM Strategy for Development after 1958
The ‘Crash’ Programmes in Public Works: 1957-1963

V. The Prime Minister’s Meet the People Tour: 1963

VI. The Policies in Practice (1972 – 1973)
The Community Development Division
The Village Councils
Handicraft and Adult Education Classes
The Special Works Programme
Why ‘Patronage’?

PART II

VII. County Councils, 1946 – 1973: A Study in Impotence
Before 1956
The County Councils under the PNM regime: 1956-1971
The County Councils under PNM leadership: 1971-1973

PART III

VIII. Conclusion
Implications for Caribbean Sociology
Questions raised by the discussion in previous chapters

APPENDICES