Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Simpson, Shemona Renae
Author's Email Address	ssimps4@lsu.edu
URN	etd-0903103-142422
Title	Freedom as the Ends and Means of Development: An Examination of Garrison Communities and Their Effects in Kingston, Jamaica
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Sociology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Mark Schafer Committee Chair Frederick Weil Committee Member John Beggs Committee Member
Keywords	civil society freedom development Jamaica
Date of Defense	2003-07-03
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This study applies and expands Sen’s concept of development as freedom using Jamaica as a case study. Using quantitative data acquired from the Center for Migration and Development’s case study on Urbanization During the Years of Crisis in the Caribbean (1993), this research analyzes the impact of the entrenchment of garrison communities on Jamaica’s overall development in terms of the freedoms allotted to individuals within society. The methodology used for testing the hypothesis that garrison entrenchment has constrained individual level freedom presents findings from a quantitative analysis of the relationship between garrison entrenchment at the community level and individual level freedom. The implications of this study contribute to development theory and policy, emphasizing the Jamaican case but also offering comments that may apply more generally.
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