Name:
Ann Marie Bissessar
Position:
Professor; Head Behavioural Sciences, Coordinator Public Sector
Management; Coordinator – Governance Unit
Qualifications: Ph.D; Masters of Science, Bachelor of Arts ( UWI, St Augustine)
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Department: Behavioural Sciences
Room: 207
Tel. Contact: 662-2002 ext 2019
E-mail: annmarie.bissessar@sta.uwi.edu
Courses taught:
Semester 1:
GOVT 6076- Public Administration
GOVT 6012- Public Policy
GOVT 3018- Public Sector Management
Semester 11:
Govt 2023:Issues in the Government and Politics of the West Indies;
GOVT 2034: Human Resource Management in the Public Sector
Research interests:
Regulations, Governance, Reform, Health Care
Publications:
PUBLICATIONS
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Books
1.Crown Colony Administration, Structural Adjustment and New Public Management:
The Agony of Reform. UWI, St Augustine, Trinidad: School of Continuing Studies,
November 2000, 225pages. ( ISBN 976 620 1315) ( Peer Reviewed)
2. The Forgotten Factor: Public Servants and New Public Management in a Developing
Country- School of Continuing Studies, 2002, 249 pages.(ISBN 976 620 1692) ( Peer
Reviewed)
3. Social Sciences, Course Material, Public Sector Management, The University of the
West Indies, St Augustine: Distance Education Centre, 2001- 247 pages. (ISBN 976620-154-4). ( Peer Reviewed)
4. Policy Transfer, New Public Management and Globalization: Mexico and the
Caribbean (210 pages) - the University Press of America Inc., 2002.( ISBN 0-76182309-3) ( Peer Reviewed)
5. Governance of the Caribbean, Edited by Selwyn Ryan and Ann Marie Bissessar, St
Augustine, Trinidad: Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, 2002.
553 pages ( ISBN 976-620-178-1).
6. Globalization and Governance; essays on the challenges for Small States edited by
Ann Marie Bissessar– McFarland and Company Inc, September 2004- ISBN- 0-78641965-2 ( 224 pages) ( Peer Reviewed)
7. The Construction of an Indo- Caribbean Diaspora –edited by Brinsley Samaroo and
Ann Marie Bissessar, School of Continuing Studies, 2005.- ISBN- 976-620-206-0 ( 285
pages)
8. Calcutta to Caroni – edited by John La Guerre and Ann Marie Bissessar, UWI, School
of Continuing Studies, 3rd edition, 2005: ISBN 976 620 205 2: 592 pages
9. Revisiting Colonial Administration and Government: A Reader- Ann Marie BissessarISBN 978-976-620-233-0- School of Continuing Studies, Trinidad:- 213 pages. 2008
10. Rethinking the Reform Question – edited by Ann Marie Bissessar- Cambridge
Scholars Publishing- New Castle: United Kingdom. ISBN (10):1-84719-397-2, ISBN
(13):978147183972, December 2007, 268 pages. ( Peer Reviewed)
11. Governance and Institutional Reengineering- edited by Ann Marie BissessarCambridge Scholars Publishing, New Castle: United Kingdom- ISBN (10):1-84718-4782, ISBN (13): 9781847184788, 2008. : 275 pages ( Peer Reviewed)
12. Understanding Caribbean Governance Challenges- Reader for UNDP Capacity
Building Programme for Youth in Governance- 2007, 100 pages.( Peer Reviewed)
13. The Crisis of Public Sector Reform in the Caribbean. An Analysis through the Use of
Game Theory. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008. ISBN-13:978-0-7734-5054-8: 267 pages (
Peer Reviewed )
Chapters in Books ( Peer Reviewed and research based)
1. "Administrative Reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean," Issues in the Government
and Politics of the West Indies, edited by John La Guerre, UWI, St Augustine, Trinidad:
School of Continuing Studies, 1997 p. 102 - 141.
2." Policy Change in the Health Sector," In Policy Change, Governance and New Public
Management, edited by John La Guerre, UWI, St Augustine: School of Continuing
Studies, November 2001, PP 107 -123.
3." Designing Health Care Structures to meet Health Care Needs: An examination of
Health Care Arrangements in Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique and Suriname, In Issues
in the Government and Politics of the West Indies (2nd edition), Edited By John Gaffar
La Guerre, School of Continuing Studies, Trinidad, 2002: 332 –356.
4. Introducing New Public Management in Caribbean Bureaucracies: A Case of Direct
Coercive Transfer, In Policy Transfer, New Public Management and Globalization:
Mexico and the Caribbean edited by Ann Marie Bissessar, ( The University Press of
America) 2002 : 135- 154.
5. Planning for Health Care in Trinidad, Issues and Problems in the Governance of the
Caribbean, Third Edition, Edited by Selwyn Ryan and Ann Marie Bissessar, SALSES,
St Augustine, 2002: 380- 392.
6.The Introduction of New Public Management in Small States, Governance of the
Caribbean, Third Edition, Edited by Selwyn Ryan and Ann Marie Bissessar, SALSES,
St Augustine, 2002: 504 –517.
7.“Gender and Ethnic Imbalance in the Politics of a Plural Society: The Case of Trinidad
and Tobago.” In Indians Abroad – Maulana Abul Kalam Institute of Asian Studies,
Kolkota. India: Hope India Publications and Greenwich Millennium Press, London: 2003,
83- 99.
8.Barriers to mobility in the public services of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago: Myth
or Reality – in Construction of a Indo - Caribbean Diaspora, edited by Brinsley
Samaroo and Ann Marie Bissessar, School of Continuing Studies, 2005. pages 92- 113.
9.The Decline of Partisan Voting in Trinidad and Tobago 1956 –2002 In Political
Democracy, Social Democracy and the Market in the Caribbean, Anton De Kom
University, Suriname, 2004: 123-140.
10.Governance in a Small State In Globalization and Governance; Essays on the
challenges for Small States edited by Ann Marie Bissessar– McFarland and Company
Inc, Fall 2005- ISBN- 0-7864-1965-2 ( 224 pages)
’11.Stereotypes, Racial’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing
Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-519-9: 716-718
12.‘ Global Implementation of Affirmative Action Programs. In Affirmative Action: An
Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN
1-57356-519-9: 451- 454
13.Plantation System’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing
Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-519-9 : 673- 675
14.‘Colonial Governments And Equality’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia,
Greenwood Publishing Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-5199: 213- 215
15.‘ Racial and Ethnic Stratification’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood
Publishing Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-519-9: 708- 710
16.‘Gendered Racism’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing
Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-519-9: 437 - 439
17.‘Glass Ceilings’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing
Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-519-9: 446- 449
18.‘Internal Colonialism Theory’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood
Publishing Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-519-9
19.‘Meritocracy’ In Affirmative Action: An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing
Company: The Oryx Press. 30th June 2004, ISBN 1-57356-519-9: 601- 602
20. East Indian Women and Political Representation in Trinidad and Tobago . 2005.
Calcutta to Caroni. Edited John Gaffar La Guerre and Ann Marie Bissessar. School of
Continuing Studies: 498 - 523.
21. Administrative Reform in Trinidad and Tobago in Modernizing the State. Public
Sector Reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean edited by Paul Sutton. Ian Randle.
2006: 84- 108 (ISBN 976 637 247-0)
22. External Agencies and Domestic Reform: The Case of the Health Sector in Trinidad
and Tobago. In Size, Power and Development in the Emerging World Order: Caribbean
Perspectives Ramesh Ramsaran editor. Lexicon, 2006 ( ISBN 987-976-631-042-4): 6580
23. New Public Sector Reform in Trinidad and Tobago In Rethinking the Reform
Question – edited by Ann Marie Bissessar- Cambridge Scholars Publishing New Castle:
United Kingdom. ISBN (10):1-84719-397-2, ISBN (13):978147183972,
2007, : 131- 157
December
24. Female Participation in the Political Process in Trinidad and Tobago In .
Governance and Institutional Reengineering- pages 184- 202 edited by Ann Marie
Bissessar- Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New Castle: United Kingdom- ISBN (10):184718-478-2, ISBN (13): 9781847184788, 2008. : 275 pages
25. External Agencies and Domestic Reform: The case of the Health Sector in Trinidad
and Tobago In . Governance and Institutional Reengineering- edited by Ann Marie
Bissessar- pages 245 – 261 Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New Castle: United
Kingdom- ISBN (10):1-84718-478-2, ISBN (13): 9781847184788, 2008. : 275 pages
26. “Regeneration or redevelopment? The Case of East Port of Spain, Trinidad, West
indies.” (115-132).In Urban Regeneration Management. International Perspectives.
Edited by John Diamond, Joyce Liddle, Alan Southern and Philip Osei. Routledge, New
York. 2009.
27. Breaking the Glass Ceiling: East Indian Women and Educational Mobility in Trinidad
and Tobago. In R.L Hanloo Black and White Publishers, Delhi, India. /2010
Journal Articles ( Peer reviewed and research based)
1. " Human Resource Management in the Commonwealth Caribbean: From Crown
Colony Government to the Year 2000," Caribbean Issues, March 1996, p. 97 - 137.
2." Re-engineering Government in an Ex-colonial State," International
Administrative Sciences, 64, June 1998 p 347 - 370.
Review of
3. " Gender Mobility in the Public Service of Trinidad and Tobago," Public Personnel
Management, Vol. 28, No 3, Fall, 1999 pp. 409 - 422.
4." The Introduction of Performance Appraisal Systems in the Commonwealth
Caribbean," Public Personnel Management, Volume 29, No. 2, Summer 2000, p. 277 292.
5." Human Resource Management in the Public Services of Trinidad and Tobago,"
Caribbean Journal of Public Sector Management, Volume 2, No. 1 November 2000. PP
58-73.
6.Bissessar, Ann Marie, Haqq,E. " Health Care Reform: Policy Content and Process in
the Caribbean: The Historical Development of the Health System in Trinidad and
Tobago," Study No. 2, Edited by Mary Hadley and Anne Mills. Public Health Publication,
No. 34, London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2001.
7."Policy Transfer and Implementation Failure: A Review of the Policy of Domestic
Violence in Trinidad and Tobago," Journal of Social Psychology, January and July, 2000
Volumes 5, Nos. 1&2, p. 57- 80.
8" The Differential Application of Human Resource Management in Jamaica and
Trinidad and Tobago," Public Personnel Management , Winter, 2001, 531 –548.
9. An Equal Opportunity Commission and the Governance of a Plural
Caribbean Dialogue, Volume 6, Nos.1 & 2, January- June 2001, 47 –66.
Society,
10.Globalization, Domestic Politics and the Introduction of NPM in the Commonwealth
Caribbean - International Review of Administrative Sciences Volume 68 No. 1, March
2002, 113 –126. .( Cited as #24 of the 50 most-frequently cited articles by Sage Online Journals)
11.Addressing Ethnic Imbalances in the Public Services of Plural Societies: The Case of
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.- The International Journal of Public Sector
Management, Volume 15. 1. 2002 : 55-68.
12. " Factors Affecting the Mobility of East Indian Women in the Public Services of
Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana," Global Organization of People of East Indian Origin,
New York, 2001
13. “The Changing Nexus of Power in NPMS in Trinidad and Tobago” International
Journal of Public Sector Management. Volume 16, No. 3, April, 2003: 170 – 190.
14. Institution Building in Small States: Reform of the Public Services Trinidad and
Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados, Global Development Studies, Volume Three, Winter
2002- Spring 2003, Nos. 1-2: 77- 91.
15.New Public Management and Sleaze: A Symbiotic Relationship In a developing
Country – Journal of Public Sector Management, MIND: Volume 8, Number 1,
November 2006: 41- 57
16. Protecting Merit in the Public Services of Trinidad and Tobago- Review Of Public
Personnel Administration- March 2006, Volume 74: 74-90 (Cited as no 25 0f the 50
most frequently read articles during 2006)
17. Governance Issues: Towards a CARICOM Parliament
Volume 10 No 1 January – March 2005: 27-40.
In Caribbean Dialogue.
18. Governance in the Caribbean: Privatization and Contracting Out. Caribbean Journal
of Public Sector Management Volume 7 Number 2 May 2006:5-23.
19. ‘ Rethinking Reform in the Caribbean’ – Caribbean
Management- Volume 8, Number 2, May 2007: 5- 15
Journal of Public Sector
20. Competency Testing in the Public Service of Trinidad and Tobago
Management Volume 39 No. 2 Summer 2010 -
Public
Personnel
21. The Continuing Crisis of Local Governance in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies.
Caribbean Journal of Public Sector Management, Volume 9, Number 2, May 2008: 516.
22. “ The Role of Leadership in Public Management: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago.”
By John Gaffar La Guerre and Ann Marie Bissessar. Social and Economic Studies.
Volume 58. 1st March 2009: 125- 140.
23. Institutions and the Management of Environmental Disasters in Small, Fragile
States, Caribbean Journal of Public Sector Management. Volume 10. Number 1
November 2008: 28-43.
24. Challenges Facing Senior Public Servants in a Plural Society. Public Personnel
Management. Volume 38. Spring 2009: 1-15.
25. An Institutional Review of Planning Budgeting and Monitoring in the Caribbean:
Challenges of Transformation- International Journal of Public Sector Management
IJPSM/667. Volume 23, Issue 1 in January 2010: 22- 37
26. E-Governance Challenges in a Plural Society. In Comparative E-Government: An
Examination of E-Government Across Culture. By Chris Reddick. Springer Integrated
Series in Information Systems ( Http://www.springer.com/series/6157)- 2010
27. “ Local Governance Structures in Trinidad and Tobago: Muddling Through.” Social
and Economic Studies 59.4: 2010: 127-144
Working Papers ( Peer Reviewed)
1."Performance-related Pay in the Public Services of Trinidad and Tobago: Prospects
and Dilemmas," Working Paper Series, Department of Behavioural Sciences, UWI, St
Augustine, 1997.
2."The New Public Management and Reform of the Public Service Commission," In
Reform of the Service Commissions in Trinidad and Tobago edited by John La Guerre,
Occasional Paper Series, Department of Behavioural Sciences, UWI, St Augustine,
1998, 18 - 42.
3"Globalization, Public Sector Reform and Governance in the Commonwealth
Caribbean," Working Paper Series, Department of Behavioural Sciences, August 2000.
Technical Reports
1. Health Care Reform in Trinidad and Tobago 1920 - 1998, For Faculty of Medical
Sciences and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ( 1998)
2. Local Government Report- Submitted to the Association of Local Government,
Trinidad, 2002.
3. Evaluation of the Civil Service in Barbados- Inter-American Development Bank –
2002.- 200 pages
4. Evaluation of the Civil Service in Trinidad and Tobago- Inter-American Development
Bank, 2003.- 200 pages- published and online by the IADB
5. Donor Assisted projects in the Health Sector of the OECS Countries- CIDAJanuary 2004- 200 pages
6. A Proposal for The establishment of a Leadership Training Institute for the Public
Service of Trinidad and Tobago- University of Trinidad and Tobago- 20 pagesFebruary 2007
7. A Proposal for The establishment of a National Planning Commission for Trinidad
and Tobago - University of Trinidad and Tobago- 25 pages – March 2007
8. Citizen Security, State Policies and the Policy Orientation of the Population – UNDP
2010
Professional Involvement:
1.Reviewer for the International Journal of Public Sector Management – 2003- 2009
2. 2008/ 10 Reviewer- International Review of Administrative Sciences.
3.In an International Survey carried out was named one of the top two hundred writers
for the Year for book published by the University Press of America – 2004.
4.External Examiner- The University of Guyana – 2003- present
5..Included within the Scholar Universe, the web’s fastest growing collection of detailed
professional profiles covering educators, researchers and authors of peer- reviewed
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1. Field Editor- Edwin Mellen Press- October, 2010 – 2013
2. Integrity Commission- appointed as member of the Commission- 15/3/2010
MEMBERSHIP
1.Member of the Committee for the Associate Degree in Public Sector Management,
School of Continuing Studies, Jamaica.
2.Member of the Committee with respect to a Governance Project, Anton De Kom, The
University of Suriname, Suriname
3.Member of the Institute for Public Administration, New Delhi, India.
4. Member of the American Political Science Association
5.Member of Transparency International, Trinidad and Tobago
6.Member of the Friends of the Forest, Forestry Division