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The Prophet and Power

Paperback • 2007 • 3. edition

The Prophet and Power

By Dupuy, Alex, Laraque, Franck

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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 on international economic and political support. Situ...Show more

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ISBN

9780742538313

Publisher

Bloomsbury USA

Published year

2007

Language

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3

Original title

The Prophet and Power

Format

Paperback

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