A timely collection of articles by some of the leading and emerging scholars and specialists on Haiti offering a wide range of critical perspectives of the question and meaning of sovereignty in Haiti. Alex Dupuy, coauthor of The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti
Directly asks the provocative question of ownership and Haitian sovereignty within the post-earthquake moment an unstable period in which ideas on (re)development, humanitarianism, globalization, militarism, self-determination, and security converge. Millery Polyne, author of From Douglass to Duvalier: U.S. African Americans, Haiti, and Pan Americanism, 1870 1964
Although Haiti established its independence in 1804, external actors such as the United States, the United Nations, and non-profits have wielded considerable influence for the past decade.
Who Owns Haiti? explores the role of international actors in the country s sovereign affairs while highlighting the ways in which Haitians continually enact their own independence on economic, political, and cultural levels. Contributing authors contemplate Haiti s sovereign roots from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including political science, anthropology, history, economics, and development studies. Ultimately, they examine how foreign actors encroach on Haitian autonomy and shape or fail to shape Haiti s fortunes, and how Haitian institutions, grassroots organizations, and individuals respond to and resist this influence.
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