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The Idea of Haiti: Rethinking Crisis and Development

Posted By: arundhati
Date: 16 May 2023 06:18:08
The Idea of Haiti: Rethinking Crisis and Development

Millery Polyné, "The Idea of Haiti: Rethinking Crisis and Development"
English | ISBN: 0816681325 | 2013 | 320 pages | PDF | 6 MB

After Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010, aid workers and offers of support poured in from around the world. Tellingly, though, news reports on the catastrophe and relief efforts frequently included a pejorative description of the country that outsiders were determined to rebuild: the troubled island nation, a nation plagued by political violence. There was much talk of inventing a “new” Haiti, which would presumably mimic Western modes of development and thus mitigate political instability and crisis.







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