Background

Anton Allahar was born on January 19, 1949, in Trinidad.

Career

Anton has lectured and given conference papers at colleges and universities, including Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, St., Stephens College, Oxford, Fanshawe College, London, England, University of Windsor, University of the West Indies, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Universidad de la Havana, York University, and Trent University.

Achievements

• Anton was chosen by the Trinidad & Tobago High Commission, Ottawa, Canada, as a distinguished Trinidadian in Canada and included in a special Commemorative Book marking 50 years of cooperation between the governments of Trinidad & Tobago and Canada. August 2012.

Works

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  • Caribbean Charisma: Reflections on Leadership, Legitimacy and Populist Politics

    (This original approach to understanding the nature of pol...)

    2001
  • Lowering Higher Education: The Rise of Corporate Universities and the Fall of Liberal Education 2011
  • Ivory Tower Blues: A University System in Crisis 2007
  • Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism: Caribbean and Extra-Caribbean Dimensions (Caribbean Studies) 2003
  • Caribbean Charisma: Legitimacy and Political Leadership in the Era of Independence 2001
  • critical youth studies 2005
  • Diasporic Identity: Myth, Culture, and the Politics of Home: A Special Issue of identity 2002
  • Richer and Poorer: The Structure of Inequality in Canada 1998

Membership

• Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies , Canada

• Canadian Institute of Caribbean and Latin American Studies , Canada

• Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association , Canada

• Association of Caribbean Studies , United States

• Caribbean Studies Association , Puerto Rico

• Instituto del Caribe , Cuba

• Society for Caribbean Studies , England

• Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean

• Ontario Cooperative Programme in Latin American and Caribbean Studies