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2. The Third U.S. Intervention and Haiti's Paramilitary Predicament
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Carey,Henry F. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Spring 2005
- Published:
- United States: University of California, Santa Barbara
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Haitian Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 11(1) : 88-111
- Notes:
- "How should we make theoretical sense of Haiti's instability in the past two decades? The central hypothesis of this study is that the 29-year Duvalier dicatatorship was stabilized through the paramilitary. In the past two decades, unofficial and illegitimate paramilitaries have continued to be a constant factor in Haitian politics, each of them attempting to secure partisan political power, but none with a monopoly on coercion. Consequently, the type of institution that was most able to stabilize Haiti from 1957-1986, albeit at a horrendous cost, has been the most prominent de-stabilizing force since that time." (introduction);