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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jean-Germain Gros, Gros Jean-Germain
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032924809
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92480-9
• Pagine: 258
• Peso: 453 g
• Illustrazioni: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Serie: Routledge Studies in North American Politics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; 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