roots of Haitian despotism
By: Robert Fatton, Jr.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781588265449
Subjects: Despotism -- Haiti.; Haiti -- Politics and government.; Haiti -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Habitus, political culture, and African legacies; value: Social hierarchies and authoritarian legacies; value: Presidential monarchism; value: The empire arrives: the road to the American occupation; value: Imperialism and authoritarianism; value: Extremism and its contradictions: from duvalierism to the unending democratic transition; value: Conclusion; value: Bibliography.