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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163079903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8130-5198-3

0-8130-5274-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

972.94

Soggetti

Self-determination, National - Haiti

Haiti Politics and government 1986-

Haiti History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.