State Failure, Underdevelopment, and Foreign Intervention in Haiti

This book offers a secular (i.e., historical) study of state failure, underdevelopment and foreign intervention in light of the Haitian experience with all three, examining the role of national and transnational institutions in the plenitude of their promises and shortcomings.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Making Sense of the Failed State 3. The Haitian Failed State in Historical Perspective 4. A Rational Choice Theory of Duvalierism 5. In the Spiral of Anarchy: Post-Duvalier Haiti and Foreign Intervention 6. Tectonic Plates, Anemic State 7. Remaking the (Haitian) Failed State: Theoretical and Policy Considerations

About the author

Jean-Germain Gros is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Summary

This book offers a secular (i.e., historical) study of state failure, underdevelopment and foreign intervention in light of the Haitian experience with all three, examining the role of national and transnational institutions in the plenitude of their promises and shortcomings.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Germain Gros, Gros Jean-Germain
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032924809
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92480-9
• No. of pages: 258
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Series: Routledge Studies in North American Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political Economy, International institutions, International institutions / intergovernmental organizations