Addressing ethnic imbalances in the public services of plural societies : the case of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago
- 2002
Trinidade and Tobago and Guyana are plural societies in the Commonwealth Caribbean in which two major ethnic groups, the Africans and the East Indians, vie for state control and power. Since the early pre-independence period en both these countries, electoral outcomes have reflected ethnic cleavages. However, this kink of ethnic divisiveness has not been confine to the political environment alone, but to a large extent has permeated the public sectors of these countries as well. This article will accordingly examine the extent to which allegations of ethnic imbalances are a reality in the public sectors of these two Caribbean countries, and the mechanisms that have been introduced to resolve ethnic imbalances in these countries. Finally it seeks to assess the relative sucesses or failures of these mechanisms
Ethnic Groups Service Control Equal Opportunities Trinidad and Tobago Guyana