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OverviewFailed states are a huge problem in international relations, threatening world order in a number of ways. Conflicts in failed states often spill unto neighbouring states, failed states make for unreliable partners in the resolution of global social problems such as poverty and AIDS, and failed states magnify the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes. In response to the multiple threats posed by failed states, working states, sometimes acting alone sometimes in concert with others, have undertaken military operations, often under the rubric of humanitarian intervention. This book is a historical study of state failure, underdevelopment and foreign intervention in light of the Haitian experience with all three. Its main thesis is that state failure has been a recurring feature of Haitian political life for much of the country's history, and this inability of the Haitians to craft a viable political order is at the heart of Haitian poverty and underdevelopment. Haitian state-making failure is underwritten by a complex array of deleterious local and external institutions, as well as natural constraints, including class, lack of elite cohesion, geography, population growth, the social origins of the Haitian polity, imperialism, and technology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jean-Germain Gros (University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 4 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9780415890328ISBN 10: 0415890322 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 21 September 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. 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 ConsiderationsReviews'This is a solid, important book...Summing Up: Recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduate students and above. ' - Choice, May 2012 'This is a solid, important book. Recommended.' - Choice, May 2012 Author InformationJean-Germain Gros is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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