Who owns Haiti? : people, power, and sovereignty /

Contributors illuminate the role of external actors in Haitian sovereign affairs over the course of the last decade, concurrently discussing how Haitians reinforce their self-determination on economic, political and cultural levels.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Maguire, Robert E. (Robert Earl), 1948- (Editor), Freeman, Scott (lecturer) (Editor), Wilentz, Amy (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Subjects:	Haiti > Politics and government > 1986- Self-determination, National > Haiti. Haiti > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Sovereignty and ownership from the inside and out / Scott Freeman and Robert Maguire
Haitian sovereignty: a brief history / Laurent Dubois
Haiti and the limits of sovereignty: trapped in the outer periphery / Robert Fatton Jr
New wine in old bottles: the failure of the democratic transition in Haiti / Francois Pierre-Louis Jr
Brazilian and South American political and military engagement in Haiti / Ricardo Seitenfus
Who owns U.S. aid to Haiti? / Robert Maguire
Who owns the religion of Haiti? / Karen Richman
Sovereignty and soil: collective and wage labor in rural Haiti / Scott Freeman
Street sovereignty: power, violence, and respect among Haitian Baz / Chelsey Kivland
Conclusion: Reflections on sovereignty / Robert Maguire, Scott Freeman, and Nicholas Johnson.