Democratic Insecurities: Violence, Trauma, and Intervention in Haiti Volume 22 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520260542)

Democratic Insecurities focuses on the ethics of military and humanitarian intervention in Haiti during and after Haiti's 1991 coup. In this remarkable ethnography of violence, Erica Caple James explores the traumas of Haitian victims whose experiences were denied by U.S. officials and recognized only selectively by other humanitarian providers. Using vivid first-person accounts from women survivors, James raises important new questions about humanitarian aid, structural violence, and political insecurity. She discusses the politics of postconflict assistance to Haiti and the challenges of promoting democracy, human rights, and justice in societies that experience chronic insecurity. Similarly, she finds that efforts to promote political development and psychosocial rehabilitation may fail because of competition, strife, and corruption among the individuals and institutions that implement such initiatives.

Author: Erica Caple James
ISBN-10: 0520260546
ISBN-13: 9780520260542
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2010
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2011