Democracy For The Haitian Crisis

Author : Archange Deshommes
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781728370644

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Democracy for the Haitian Crisis by Archange Deshommes Pdf

This book gives you the basic information you need to know in order to make up your mind regarding the current situation in Haiti and what can be done about it. While it is clear that, other countries and International organizations have played a significant role for Haiti to be in this predicament, the only way out is for us to put away the victim mentality and take full responsibility in the rebuilding and the reforming of the institutions of the country. This idea where poverty, prosperity, peace and insecurity of any country is related to its institutions is shared by university professors such as Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. For the institutional rebuilding and reforming of the country, the different elites (Intellectual, political, economic, religious, medical, scientific, sportive, cultural, etc.) have to do their parts without giving excuses and blaming each other. [email protected]

Author : Jeb Sprague
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583673034

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Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti by Jeb Sprague Pdf

In this path-breaking book, Jeb Sprague investigates the dangerous world of right-wing paramilitarism in Haiti and its role in undermining the democratic aspirations of the Haitian people. Sprague focuses on the period beginning in 1990 with the rise of Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and the right-wing movements that succeeded in driving him from power. Over the ensuing two decades, paramilitary violence was largely directed against the poor and supporters of Aristide’s Lavalas movement, taking the lives of thousands of Haitians. Sprague seeks to understand how this occurred, and traces connections between paramilitaries and their elite financial and political backers, in Haiti but also in the United States and the Dominican Republic. The product of years of original research, this book draws on over fifty interviews—some of which placed the author in severe danger—and more than 11,000 documents secured through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. It makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of Haiti today, and is a vivid reminder of how democratic struggles in poor countries are often met with extreme violence organized at the behest of capital.

Author : Robert Fatton
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1588260852

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Haiti's Predatory Republic by Robert Fatton Pdf

With the collapse of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986 came optimistic hopes for a transition toward a sound democracy, accompanied by economic development and social peace--a vision which has failed to materialize in the past 15 years. A native of Haiti, Fatton (government, U. of Virginia) analyzes Haitian politics from 1986 to 2001, revealing the complications and conflicts which have slowed the country's progress toward an effective democracy. The author also explores alternatives which could lead the country toward success. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Erica James
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520947917

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Democratic Insecurities by Erica James Pdf

Democratic Insecurities focuses on the ethics of military and humanitarian intervention in Haiti during and after Haiti's 1991 coup. In this remarkable ethnography of violence, Erica Caple James explores the traumas of Haitian victims whose experiences were denied by U.S. officials and recognized only selectively by other humanitarian providers. Using vivid first-person accounts from women survivors, James raises important new questions about humanitarian aid, structural violence, and political insecurity. She discusses the politics of postconflict assistance to Haiti and the challenges of promoting democracy, human rights, and justice in societies that experience chronic insecurity. Similarly, she finds that efforts to promote political development and psychosocial rehabilitation may fail because of competition, strife, and corruption among the individuals and institutions that implement such initiatives.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019583678

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Haitian Democracy and Refugees by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs Pdf

Author : H.P. Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000534627

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Black Democracy by H.P. Davis Pdf

This book, first published in 1929, examines the history of Haiti and its long struggle for independence. The revolution against the French is treated in some detail, as is the story of the free Haitian republic that followed. Building a new country from slavery was no easy task, and another revolutionary period followed in the early twentieth century, which is also analysed alongside its aftermath.

Author : Irwin P. Stotzky
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0226776263

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Silencing the Guns in Haiti by Irwin P. Stotzky Pdf

The path to democracy in Haiti is complicated by these questions, which are of primary importance for the Preval government as it attempts to alter Haitian society and inculcate in its citizens respect for the rule of law and the democratic process.

Author : Elizabeth D. Gibbons
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822022926901

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Sanctions In Haiti by Elizabeth D. Gibbons Pdf

An analysis of ruinous three-year trade embargo imposed on Haiti in response to the September 1991 coup d'etat to President Aristide's return to office in 1994. It dissects the impact of sanctions on Haiti society and examines the economic devastation and social dislocation they provoked.

Author : Roland I. Perusse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173001910005

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Haitian Democracy Restored, 1991-1995 by Roland I. Perusse Pdf

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide remains an enigmatic and controversial figure both in Haiti and in the outside world. In this definitive study of the international crisis caused by Aristide's overthrow by the Haitian military on September 30, 1991, Roland Perusse analyzes and critiques the events that led up to the military coup as well as the aftershocks of that action. Beginning with a biographical sketch of Aristide and his rise to power, Perusse details the major events during the first eight months of his presidency and factors that led up to his overthrow. He then focuses on early attempts to restore Aristide to power by the Organization of American States, the impediments to that goal resulting from both U.S. and OAS policy, the United Nations involvement in the issue, and the problems caused by the outpouring of refugees and ineffective embargos. Perusse also describes the Carter mission to Haiti which successfully negotiated the departure of the three principal Haitian military leaders and arranged for a peaceful rather than hostile entry of U.S. military forces in a U.N.-sanctioned intervention. Co-published with the Inter American Institute.

Author : Ernest H. Preeg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Haiti
ISBN : UOM:39015019789984

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The Haitian Crisis--two Perspectives by Ernest H. Preeg Pdf

Author : Erica Caple James
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 9780520260535

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Democratic Insecurities by Erica Caple James Pdf

"Haiti's catastrophic earthquake follows a decade of crisis in governance and in everyday social life. Erica James's powerful ethnographic study shows how insecurity has been created, victimhood shaped, and trauma mediated under long-term conditions of grinding poverty punctuated by periodic disaster and interventions both external and domestic. The international and unintended consequences have commodified suffering, institutionalized insecurity, and fashioned a troubling and troubled 'democracy.' This book is a major achievement!"--Arthur Kleinman, author of What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life amidst Uncertainty and Danger "This is a remarkable piece of scholarship. Erica James has raised the bar as far as solid ethnographic inquiry in Haiti goes and draws on a diverse set of theoretical traditions in anthropology and in social theory. Her research will, I predict, open new doors."--Paul Farmer, Harvard University, founding director of Partners in Health "Erica James' book is a vivid descent into the ordinary of violence and insecurity, of suffering and trauma, in a country that seems to have never completely recovered from past French exploitation and American imperialism. Based on an ethnography of neighborhoods as well as of aid agencies, the inquiry courageously questions our categories of thought and models of action to confront Haitian endless tragedies, from victimization to humanitarianism, bringing together, in an unprecedented analysis, what she calls the economies of terror and the economies of compassion."--Didier Fassin, author of When Bodies Remember "Democratic Insecurities is a work of extraordinary depth that sets new standards on the themes of violence and social suffering. The power of the book lies in the great attention to historical and ethnographic detail of Haitian society and politics through which the doing and undoing of violence is rendered knowable as well as its command over social theory."--Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University "James draws us in via an astonishingly vivid and unsettling account of her first weeks in Haiti. This book is a highly sophisticated, compelling, and instructive read and an outstanding example of ethnography by one of the leading anthropologists in the field of trauma."--Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Harvard University

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Haiti
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063164284

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The Political Crisis in Haiti by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs Pdf

Author : Millery Polyné
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781452939605

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The Idea of Haiti by Millery Polyné Pdf

After Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, aid workers and offers of support poured in from around the world. Tellingly, though, news reports on the catastrophe and relief efforts frequently included a pejorative description of the country that outsiders were determined to rebuild: the troubled island nation, a nation plagued by political violence. There was much talk of inventing a “new” Haiti, which would presumably mimic Western modes of development and thus mitigate political instability and crisis. As contributors to this wide-ranging book reveal, Haiti has long been marginalized as an embodiment of alterity, as the other, and the idea of a new Haiti is actually nothing new. An investigation of the notion of newness through the lenses of history and literature, urban planning, religion, and governance, The Idea of Haiti illuminates the politics and the narratives of Haiti’s past and present. The essays, which grow from original research and in-depth interviews, examine how race, class, and national development inform the policies that envision re-creating the country. Together the contributors address important questions: How will the present narratives of deviance affect international relief and rebuilding efforts? What do Haitians themselves think about Haiti, old and new? What are the potential complications and weakness of aid strategies during these trying times? And what do we mean by crisis in Haiti? Contributors: Yveline Alexis, Rutgers U; Wein Weibert Arthus, State U of Haiti; Greg Beckett, Bowdoin College; Alex Dupuy, Wesleyan U; Harley F. Etienne, U of Michigan; Robert Fatton Jr., U of Virginia; Sibylle Fischer, New York U; Elizabeth McAlister, Wesleyan U; Nick Nesbitt, Princeton U; Karen Richman, U of Notre Dame; Mark Schuller, York College (CUNY); Patrick Sylvain, Brown U; Évelyne Trouillot, State U of Haiti; Tatiana Wah, Columbia U.

Author : Daniel Whitman
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1412033993

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A Haiti Chronicle by Daniel Whitman Pdf

Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince in 1999-2001, Daniel Whitman was haunted by the country's people and landscapes, its nuanced language, and complex and rewarding friendships. His friends included neighbors, art gallery owners, gas station attendants - but mostly Haiti's intrepid journalists and broadcasters. Unlike others, Whitman believed that the three elections of 2000 could advance Haiti's democracy and its development from the bottom rung as poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. He was wrong; they did not. Local supremacists killed, torched and rushed to fraud while foreigners forgave and even blessed the electoral debacles without posing the resistance even of meaningful public comment. However, seeds also germinated to make Haiti one day fit for its inventive, humor-loving and too often betrayed people. The effort was kept alive largely by Haiti's gritty journalists, going into hiding when necessary for their survival, but newly organized in October of 1999, into a tenacious and daring national federation. The nation-wide Haitian Press Federation advanced against all odds, and held eight regional meetings which changed political discourse forever in Haiti. The country now enters a post-Aristide interlude. The failure of one regime does not guarantee success for the next. A Haiti Chronicle offers recent context for understanding Haiti's current crisis, and opportunity.

Author : Georges A. Fauriol
Publisher : Center for Strategic & International Studies
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Haiti
ISBN : WISC:89054295761

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Haitian Frustrations by Georges A. Fauriol Pdf