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"Leading scholar Alex Dupuy investigates themes of class, power, and gender in Haiti in the capitalist world-economy-from independence and indemnity to the US occupation and current crisis after the assassination of President Moïse. This book provides new perspectives on Haiti's political economy and demystifies major forces that shape Haiti today."

This book seeks to explain the causes of Haiti's underdevelopment since the end of the seventeenth century. During the 1960s and 1970s several original paradigms emerged to explain the causes and persistence of underdevelopment in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the renewed effort to understand the associated processes of development and underd

"Thorough treatment of Haiti's recent political history details policies and strategies of President Aristide and the US within an analytic framework, taking into account both foreign and domestic factors"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"This title focuses on Haiti from an international perspective. Haiti has endured undue influence from successive French and US governments; its fragile 'democracy' has been founded on subordination to and dominance of foreign powers. This book examines Haiti's position within the global economic and political order, and how the more dominant members of the international community have, in varying ways, exploited the country over the last 200 years"--

"This title focuses on Haiti from an international perspective. Haiti has endured undue influence from successive French and US governments; its fragile 'democracy' has been founded on subordination to and dominance of foreign powers. This book examines Haiti's position within the global economic and political order, and how the more dominant members of the international community have, in varying ways, exploited the country over the last 200 years"--

A discussion of the 'state of the nation' in Haiti following the devastating January earthquake. The author describes the role of the international community and the US military, as well as the consequences of poor government infrastructure prior to the earthquake. The author concludes with a five point agenda that can serve as the ideological foundation of a popular movement, one that can hold current and future governments responsible for a strong, democratic Haiti. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright holder.]