02916nam 2200553 450 991082606580332120230207231939.01-4616-4536-0(CKB)2550000001110998(EBL)1351119(OCoLC)856869406(MiAaPQ)EBC1351119(Au-PeEL)EBL1351119(CaPaEBR)ebr11142838(CaONFJC)MIL510890(EXLCZ)99255000000111099820160822h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe prophet and power Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the international community, and Haiti /Alex DupuyLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,2007.©20071 online resource (257 p.)Critical Currents in Latin American PerspectiveDescription based upon print version of record.0-7425-3831-1 1-299-79639-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Franck Laraque; Preface; 1 Globalization, the ""New World Order Imperialism,"" and Haiti; 2 Before Aristide: Class Power, State Power, and the Duvalier Dictatorships, 1957-1990; 3 The Prophet Armed: The Popular Movement for Democracy and the Rise of Jean-Bertrand Aristide; 4 The Prophet Disarmed: The First Lavalas Government and Its Overthrow; 5 The Prophet Checkmated: The Political Opposition and the Low-Intensity War against Aristide; 6 The Prophet Banished: The Second Overthrow of Aristide and the Pacification of HaitiReferencesIndex; About the AuthorThis compelling book offers a comprehensive analysis of the struggle for democracy in Haiti, set in the context of the tumultuous rise and fall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Written by one of the world's leading scholars of Haiti, The Prophet and Power explores the crisis of democratization in a poor, underdeveloped, peripheral society with a long history of dictatorial rule by a tiny ruling class opposed to changing the status quo and dependent on international economic and political support. Situating the country in its global context, Alex Dupuy considers the structures and relations ofCritical currents in Latin American perspective.DemocratizationHaitiHistorySocial changeHaitiHistoryHaitiPolitics and government1986-DemocratizationHistory.Social changeHistory.972.9407/3Dupuy Alex1200655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826065803321The prophet and power3956082UNINA