Who owns Haiti? : people, power, and sovereignty / edited by Robert Maguire and Scott Freeman ; foreword by Amy Wilentz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maguire, Robert E. (Robert Earl), 1948- editor.

Freeman, Scott (Lecturer), editor.

Wilentz, Amy, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-determination, National--Haiti.

Self-determination, National.

Haiti--Politics and government--1986-.

Haiti.

Haiti--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, 2017.

Summary:

"Contributors illuminate the role of external actors in Haitian sovereign affairs over the course of the last decade, concurrently discussing how Haitians reinforce their self-determination on economic, political, and cultural levels"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Sovereignty and ownership from the inside and out / Scott Freeman and Robert Maguire

Haitian sovereignty: a brief history / Laurent Dubois

Haiti and the limits of sovereignty: trapped in the outer periphery / Robert Fatton Jr

New wine in old bottles: the failure of the democratic transition in Haiti / Francois Pierre-Louis Jr

Brazilian and South American political and military engagement in Haiti / Ricardo Seitenfus

Who owns U.S. aid to Haiti? / Robert Maguire

Who owns the religion of Haiti? / Karen Richman

Sovereignty and soil: collective and wage labor in rural Haiti / Scott Freeman

Street sovereignty: power, violence, and respect among Haitian Baz / Chelsey Kivland

Conclusion: Reflections on sovereignty / Robert Maguire, Scott Freeman, and Nicholas Johnson.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8130-5198-3

0-8130-5274-2

OCLC:

971245944