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Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti - Couverture souple

Sprague, Jeb

 
9781583673003: Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1583673008 ISBN 13 : 9781583673003
Editeur : Monthly Review Press,U.S., 2012

Synopsis

In this path-breaking book, Jeb Sprague investigates the dangerous world of right-wing paramilitarism in Haiti and its role in undermining the democratic aspirations of the Haitian people. Sprague focuses on the period beginning in 1990 with the rise of Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and the right-wing movements that succeeded in driving him from power. Over the ensuing two decades, paramilitary violence was largely directed against the poor and supporters of Aristide's Lavalas movement, taking the lives of thousands of Haitians. Sprague seeks to understand how this occurred, and traces connections between paramilitaries and their elite financial and political backers, in Haiti but also in the United States and the Dominican Republic.


The product of years of original research, this book draws on over fifty interviews--some of which placed the author in severe danger--and more than 11,000 documents secured through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. It makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of Haiti today, and is a vivid reminder of how democratic struggles in poor countries are often met with extreme violence organized at the behest of capital.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jeb Sprague is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He received a Project Censored Award in 2008 for an article (coauthored with Haitian journalist Wadner Pierre) from Port-au-Prince, and has written for the Inter Press Service, TeleSUR, Al Jazeera, Z Magazine, NACLA, Haiti Liberté, Haiti Progrès, among numerous journals. This is his first book.

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Éditeur
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1583673008
ISBN 13 
9781583673003
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
375
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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