Politics and Power in Haiti [electronic resource] /
Quinn, K.editor.
Sutton, P.editor.
Examining the political legacies of the Duvalier period and after, and revisiting the work of the late David Nicholls, Politics and Power in Haiti provides some of the keys to understanding the turbulent world of Haitian politics and the persistent challenges at home and from abroad which have distorted development.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Duvalier and After; Chapter 2 True Dechoukaj : Uprooting Bovarysme in Post-Duvalier Haiti; Chapter 3 From François Duvalier to Jean-Bertrand Aristide: The Declining Significance of Color Politics in Haiti; Chapter 4 The Macoutization of Haitian Politics; Chapter 5 The Moody Republic and the Men in Her Life: François Duvalier, African-Americans, and Haitian Exiles; Chapter 6 Haitian Exceptionalism: The Caribbean's Great Morality Play; Chapter 7 Haiti and France: Settling the Debts of the Past
Chapter 8 Haiti and the Regional and International Communities since January 12, 2010Postscript; List of Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Examining the political legacies of the Duvalier period and after, and revisiting the work of the late David Nicholls, Politics and Power in Haiti provides some of the keys to understanding the turbulent world of Haitian politics and the persistent challenges at home and from abroad which have distorted development.
America-History.
Latin America-Politics and government.
Ethnology-Latin America.
International relations.
Political science.
Economic development.
History of the Americas.
Latin American Politics.
Latin American Culture.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Development Studies.