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Defence Academy and the University of Tilburg and Drs. Ebenezer Obadare (University of Kansas, United States), Surin Maisrikrod (James Cook University, Australia), and Lloyd Waller (University of the West Indies, Jamaica), who made useful insights and suggestions during the postdissertation redrafting of the manuscript. Joseph Soeters has consistently made possible collaborative work between us premised on the earlier drafts of some chapters. I look forward to our continuing research partnership.
The New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID) provided the postgraduate fellowship that made the fieldwork possible. My colleagues in the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at Waikato University were especially encouraging and punctuated my time in New Zealand with loads of laughter and camaraderie. The staffs of the University of the West Indies library, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ministry of National Security and Justice, and National Computer Centre of the Jamaica Constabulary Force—particularly Detective Norris Rhoomes—were especially helpful in sourcing reliable data on roadblocks and demonstrations in Jamaica. Special thanks to The Gleaner Company Limited for supplying the images used on the front cover and inside the book. I also thank the many individuals from a cross-section of Jamaican civil society as well as members of the Jamaican political class and the academic community who lent their time, cooperation, assistance, and opinions during various stages of fieldwork.
I have been especially fortunate for the friendship of some good people who have been a bedrock of support during moments of frustration and distress when the demands of writing this book took its toll—Mangaza Nounou Twaha, Nickesia Gordon, Ingrid Barnett, Anneke Rousseau, Agostinho Pinnock, Karen Madden, Janice Budd, Kerri McDonald, Christanya Julien, Sydney Henry, Roxanne O’Connell (Roger Williams University), Kerrith Watts, and Lorna Lewis. Their moral support, advice, and friendship have been a genuine blessing to me over the years. To my partner in life, Paul “Lymie” Murray—thank you for your enduring support, love, and encouragement.