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Politics and Power in Haiti / edited by K. Quinn, P. Sutton.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies of the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--History.
- America.
- America--Politics and government.
- Ethnology--Latin America.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- International relations.
- Political science.
- Economic development.
- History of the Americas.
- American Politics.
- Latin American Culture.
- International Relations.
- Political Science.
- Development Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- History of the Americas.
- American Politics.
- Latin American Culture.
- International Relations.
- Political Science.
- Development Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349457106
- 1349457108
- 9781137312006
- 1137312009
- OCLC:
- 832378566
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