Politics and Power in Haiti

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.

Autorentext
J. Michael Dash, New York University, USA Reginald Dumas, University of the West Indies, Jamaica Alex Dupuy, Wesleyan University in Middletown, USA Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool, UK Anthony P. Maingot, Florida International University, USA Millery Polyné, New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, USA Kate Quinn, University College London, UK Paul Sutton, University of Hull, UK Patrick Sylvain, University of Massachusetts, USA

Inhalt
Introduction: Duvalier and After; Paul Sutton & Kate Quinn True Dechoukaj: Uprooting Bovarysme in post-Duvalier Haiti; J. Michael Dash, From François Duvalier to Jean-Bertrand Aristide: The Declining Significance of Colour Politics in Haiti; Alex Dupuy The Macoutization of Haitian Politics; Patrick Sylvain The Moody Republic and the Men in her Life: US African Americans and Haitian Exiles; Millery Polyné Haitian Exceptionalism: The Caribbean's Great Morality Play; Anthony Maingot Haiti and France: Settling the Debts of the Past; Charles Forsdick Haiti and the Regional and International Communities Since 12 January 2010; Reginald Dumas