Department of Government, The University of West Indies at Mona

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
(by Thesis)

Normal entry into this programme is via the MPhil. Candidates who have made significant progress on their dissertation may be upgraded to the Ph.D. on the recommendation of a special graduate studies committee. Straight entry may be considered for exceptional candidates who possess a solid background in social sciences theory and methodology with strong recommendations from at least three academic references. Application should include the candidates research proposal.

Some of the Ph.D. theses produced by the Department of Government since 1991 include:

"Colour for Colour; Skin for Skin: The Ideological Foundations of Post Colonial Slave Society 1838 to 1865 - The Jamaican Case." - Clinton Hutton

"CLR James and Marxism: 1934-50." - Anthony Bogues

"Race, Class and the Political Behaviour of the Jamaican Security Forces: 1962-89." - Anthony Harriott

"Dependency and Foreign Relations: A Comparative Study of the Manley and Seaga Government in Jamaica: 1972-89." - Holger Henke

"Political and Intellectual Study of Walter Rodney." - Rupert Lewis

"A comparison between the Constitutional Reform Process of the 1940s and the 1990s in Jamaica" - Livingston Smith

“Local Government Reform and the Prospects for Community Empowerment in Jamaica" - Eris Schoburgh

There are seven registered Ph.D. theses currently being supervised by the Department including:

"The Political Economy of the Uruguay Round" - Marjorie Brown

"Comparative Examination of the Sugar Industry in Jamaica and Guyana." - Richard Harry

“Public Transportation in the Kingston Metropolitan Region:
Theoretical and Practical Challenges for Policy Makers”
- William Lecky

“End of the Franchised Monopoly Utility: Uprising of Competition - A Four Stage Development Model for the Electricity Industry”
- Cezley Sampson