| Dr. Patricia
Northover is a Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and
Economic Studies (SALISES). She specializes in the study of
contemporary issues in the philosophy of social science, critical
realism and economic methodology, development theory and policy,
sustainable rural development, microeconomic policy and also
institutional economics. She received her doctorate in economics at the
University of Cambridge in 1995 but studied for her B.Sc. in Economics
and Management at the University of the West Indies, where she attained
first class honors. Dr. Northover also holds a Masters degree from the
Consortium Graduate school and a Masters degree in Economics from the
University of Cambridge. Prior to her appointment at SALISES (formerly
ISER), Dr. Northover was a Research Fellow at the University of
Cambridge, Girton College. . She is currently engaged in research on
the sugar industry in Jamaica and globalization and agrarian change. Publications
Books Patsy Lewis, Lucy Eugene, Pat Northover and Don Marshall (2003)
‘The Future of Special and Differential Treatment in the FTAA’, Association of Caribbean States: Trinidad “El
futuro del trato especial y diferenciado en el área de libre comercio
de las américas, Elaborado para la Secretaría de la Asociación de
Estados del Caribe (AEC)Setiembre del 2003Puerto España, Trinidad y
Tobago Articles/ Book Chapters - Northover
, P (1999). “Evolutionary Growth Theory and Forms of Realism”.
Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol.23, No. 1, pp. 36-63.
- Northover
, P and Thomas C. Y (2002). “Caricom’s Sugar in the New Liberal Trade
Order”. In Schmitz, A et al (ed.) Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets-
International Perspectives, CABI Publishing: Wallingford and New York.
- Northover,
P (2001). ‘The Role of the State in Agriculture in the New Liberal
Trade Order’ Caribbean Dialogue, Vol. 7, Nos. 3& 4.
Book undertaking: - Northover, P. Growth Theory: Philosophical Perspectives. Routledge: London
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