Who Owns Haiti?: People, Power, and Sovereignty

ISBN-13: 9780813064598 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 208 str.

Robert Maguire; Scott Freeman

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Although Haiti established its independence in 1804, external actors such as the United States, the United Nations, and non-profits have wielded considerable influence throughout its history. Especially in the aftermath of the Duvalier regime and the 2010 earthquake, continual imperial interventions have time and again threatened its sovereignty.Who Owns Haiti? explores the role of international actors in the country's sovereign affairs while highlighting the ways in which Haitians continually enact their own independence on economic, political, and cultural levels. The contributing authors contemplate Haiti's sovereign roots from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including political science, anthropology, history, economics, and development studies. They also consider the assertions of sovereignty from historically marginalized urban and rural populations. This volume addresses how Haitian institutions, grassroots organizations, and individuals respond to and resist external influence. Examining how foreign actors encroach on Haitian autonomy and shape--or fail to shape--Haiti's fortunes, it argues that varying discussions of ownership are central to Haiti's future as a sovereign state.

Spis treści

• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Amy Wilentz
• Introduction: Sovereignty and ‘Ownership’ from the Inside and Out Scott Freeman and Robert Maguire
• 2. Haitian Sovereignty: A Brief History Laurent Dubois
• 3. Haiti and the Limits of Sovereignty: Trapped in the Outer Periphery Robert Fatton Jr.
• 4. New Wine in Old Bottles: the Failure of the Democratic Transition in Haiti Francois Pierre-Louis, Jr
• 5. Brazilian and South American Political and Military Engagement in Haiti Ricardo Seitenfus
• 6. Who ‘Owns’ US Aid to Haiti? Robert Maguire
• 7. Who Owns the Religion of Haiti? Karen Richman
• 8. Sovereignty and Soil: Collective and Wage Labor in Rural Haiti Scott Freeman
• 9. Street Sovereignty: Power, Violence, and Respect among Haitian Chelsey Kivland
• 10. Conclusion: Reflections on Sovereignty Robert Maguire, Scott Freeman & Nicholas Johnson
• List of Contributors
• Index