My Political Journey - 9789766407018

My Political JourneyJamaica's Sixth Prime Minister\nAuthor(s): P.J. Patterson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of the West Indies Press, Jamaica\nImprint: University of the West Indies Press\nISBN-13: 9789766407018, 978-9766407018\nSynopsis\nMy Political Journey is [url] Pattersons account of his time as an active and successful participant in the political and social development of Jamaica and the Caribbean, from the mid-1950s well into the early 2000s. He was widely regarded as a master political strategist and universally acknowledged as an astute negotiator.\n\nJamaica is an enigma: its global impact belies its population and geographical size. This story of one of its most exceptional citizens is an enlightening revelation of the islands political and cultural narrative. Patterson was born in 1935, the dawn of a new era in the development of Jamaica and the Caribbean. A previously disenfranchised population would gain a voice through universal adult suffrage and have a s.