Democratic insecurities [[electronic resource] ] : violence, trauma, and intervention in Haiti / / Erica Caple James

• Autore: James Erica Caple <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.97294
• Soggetto topico: Democratization - Haiti; Political violence - Haiti; Humanitarian assistance - Haiti; Intervention (International law)
• Soggetto geografico: Haiti Politics and government 1986-
• Soggetto non controllato: abuse of power; activists; anthropology; cia intervention; colonialism; democracy; ethics; ethnography; female survivors; foreign aid; french colony; government corruption; haiti; haitian victims; history; human rights; humanitarian aid; humanitarian mission; humanitarian organizations; humanitarian; imperialism; international aid; justice; military coup; moral anthropology; nonfiction; political insecurity; politics; poverty; social issues; social science; structural violence; trauma; violence against women; violence
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Democracy, Insecurity, and the Commodification of Suffering -- 1. The Terror Apparatus -- 2. The Aid Apparatus and the Politics of Victimization -- 3. Routines of Rupture and Spaces of (In)Security -- 4. Double Binds in Audit Cultures -- 5. Bureaucraft, Accusations, and the Social Life of Aid -- 6. Sovereign Rule, Ensekirite, and Death -- 7. The Tyranny of the Gift -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Violence, trauma, and intervention in Haiti
• Titolo autorizzato: Democratic insecurities
• ISBN: 1-282-66087-X; 9786612660870; 0-520-94791-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784904003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: California Series in Public Anthropology