The Haitian Dilemma
A Case Study In Demographics, Development, And U.s. Foreign Policy
Seiten
2026
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-89206-277-5 (ISBN)
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-89206-277-5 (ISBN)
The Haitian political and economic crisis since the overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 has been a story of societal decline. This case study examines the conflict between longer-term development objectives and the shorter-term US foreign-policy objectives that almost always override them.
The prolonged Haitian political and economic crisis, ongoing since the military overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in September 1991, has been a story of human suffering and societal decline. Despite more than two billion dollars of external support, including a US military intervention to restore Aristide to the presidency and a massive economic recovery aid programme, Haiti today is less stable politically and far more destitute economically than it was when Aristide was elected president. This case study examines the conflict between longer-term development objectives and the shorter-term US foreign-policy objectives that almost always override them. The analysis focuses on the powerful demographic forces at play - rapid population growth and declining arable land in the countryside, the relentless rural/urban migratory flow and building pressures for outward migration to the United States - that are central for any viable strategy for sustained economic growth and political stability in Haiti.
The prolonged Haitian political and economic crisis, ongoing since the military overthrow of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in September 1991, has been a story of human suffering and societal decline. Despite more than two billion dollars of external support, including a US military intervention to restore Aristide to the presidency and a massive economic recovery aid programme, Haiti today is less stable politically and far more destitute economically than it was when Aristide was elected president. This case study examines the conflict between longer-term development objectives and the shorter-term US foreign-policy objectives that almost always override them. The analysis focuses on the powerful demographic forces at play - rapid population growth and declining arable land in the countryside, the relentless rural/urban migratory flow and building pressures for outward migration to the United States - that are central for any viable strategy for sustained economic growth and political stability in Haiti.
Demographics and development; Haiti in perspective; population growth - unrelenting pressure on arable land; rural/urban migration - the central development challenge; outward migration - Guinee becomes Miami; demography-driven development in Haiti - recapitulation and outlook; the US interest in new-world-order Haiti; the US policy response.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.1.2026 |
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Verlagsort | Washington DC |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 0-89206-277-0 / 0892062770 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-89206-277-5 / 9780892062775 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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