Using the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries as the units of analysis, this article seeks to achieve three goals: 1) explain theoretically the basis for the existence of self-determination or fragmentation agendas; 2) show how geography, exploitation, neglect and historical memory contribute to fragmentation by fostering the emergence of self-determination movements; and 3) argue from a policy perspective that these self-determination agendas must become integral parts of the policy discourse if a region is to achieve meaningful integration and solidarity.

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地理和加勒比一体化：加共体的分裂与团结悖论

本文以加勒比共同体和共同市场（CARICOM）国家为分析单位，力求实现三个目标：1）从理论上解释存在自决或分裂议程的基础；2）展示地理，剥削，忽视和历史记忆如何通过促进自决运动的出现而助长分裂；3）从政策角度出发，如果一个地区要实现有意义的整合与团结，这些自决议程必须成为政策论述的组成部分。