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abuse of power
activists
anthropology
Author_Erica Caple James
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cia intervention
colonialism
democracy
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ethics
ethnography
female survivors
foreign aid
french colony
government corruption
haiti
haitian victims
history
human rights
humanitarian
humanitarian aid
humanitarian mission
humanitarian organizations
imperialism
international aid
justice
military coup
moral anthropology
nonfiction
political insecurity
politics
poverty
social issues
social science
structural violence
trauma
violence
violence against women
Product details
- ISBN 9780520260542
- Weight: 544g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 May 2010
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"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.
Erica Caple James is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
