Caribbean Political Thought: Theories of the Post-Colonial State reckons with the vast body of radical work and thought on the post-colonial Caribbean state. It focuses on the period after the Second World War, when a significant number of Caribbean countries gained their independence, and the character of the region's post-colonial politics had become clear. The survey of political thought in this collection is divided into four sections: theories of the post-colonial state, theorizing post-colonial citizenship, Caribbean regionalism and political culture.

Includes contributions from: Walter Rodney, Ernesto Sagas, Percy Hintzen, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Carl Stone, Brian Meeks, CY Thomas, George Danns, M. Jacqui Alexander Norman Girvan, George Belle, Eudine Barriteau, Hilbourne Watson, Tracy Robinson, Obika Gray, Patricia Mohammed, Charles Mills, C.L.R. James, Frantz Fanon, Stuart Hall, Edouard Glissant, Archie Singham, Eric Williams, Rupert Lewis, Jack Dahomay, George Lamming, Erna Brodber, Sylvia Wynter, Arthur Lewis, Patsy Lewis, Havelock R.H. Ross-Brewster.