The rethinking crisis and development Polyné, Millery editor of compilation. text bibliography mnu 2013 monographic eng

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xxxvii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm 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 ContentsIntroduction. To Make Visible the “Invisible Epistemological Order”: Haiti, Singularity, and NewnessMillery PolynéI. Revolisyon/Kriz (Revolution/Crisis)1. Haiti, the Monstrous AnomalyNick Nesbitt2. Rethinking the Haitian CrisisGreg Beckett3. Remembering Charlemagne Péralte and His Defense of Haiti’s RevolutionYveline AlexisII. Moun/Demoun (Person/Dehumanized)4. Haiti: Fantasies of Bare LifeSibylle Fischer5. The Violence of Executive SilencePatrick Sylvain6. Religion at the Epicenter: Agency and Affiliation in Léogâne after the EarthquakeKaren RichmanIII. Èd (Aid)7. The Alliance for Progress: A Case Study of Failure of International Commitments to HaitiWien Weibert Arthus8. Urban Planning and the Rebuilding of Port-au-PrinceHarley F. Etienne9. Cholera and the Camps: Reaping the Republic of NGOsMark Schuller10. From Slave Revolt to a Blood Pact with Satan: The Evangelical Rewriting of Haitian HistoryElizabeth McAlister11. Twenty-First Century Haiti—A New Normal? A Conversation with Four Scholars of HaitiAlex Dupuy, Robert Fatton, Jr., Évelyne Trouillot, and Tatiana WahContributorsIndex Millery Polyné, editor. Includes bibliographical references and index. nwht--- Economic development Haiti Desarrollo económico Haití Economic assistance Haiti Asistencia económica Haití Humanitarian assistance Haiti Asistencia humanitaria Haití Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 Terremotos Haití 2010 Haiti Politics and government 21st century Haiti Economic conditions 21st century Haiti Social conditions 21st century Haiti Política y gobierno Siglo XXI Haití Condiciones económicas Siglo XXI Haití Condiciones sociales Siglo XXI 110 F 1928.2 I19 2013 972.9407/3 9780816681327 0816681325 2013010355 DLC 130515 20240829121135.0 17739174 eng