The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti

by Alex Dupuy

Book Overview

This compelling book offers a comprehensive analysis of the struggle for democracy in Haiti, set in the context of the tumultuous rise and fall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Written by one of the world's leading scholars of Haiti, The Prophet and Power explores the crisis of democratization in a poor, underdeveloped, peripheral society with a long history of dictatorial rule by a tiny ruling class opposed to changing the status quo and dependent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742538311
• ISBN13: 9780742538313
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"