Silencing the Guns in Haiti: The Promise of Deliberative Democracy

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Silencing the Guns in Haiti traces Haiti’s halting and uncertain quest for democracy from the perspective of someone who played a leading part in every stage of that process.

“A provocative study of the prospects for the rule of law in Haiti.”—Marilyn Bowden,
Miami Today

“[Stotzky] deepens insights into the contradictory obstacles to democratic governance in Haiti.”—
Library Journal

“Controversial and stimulating.”—
Choice

“Lucid and informative. . . . Stotzky gives readers a good foundation for understanding the pressures facing the impoverished but determined Caribbean island.”—
Islands

From Library Journal

Stotzky (law, Univ. of Miami) served as an adviser to Jean-Baptiste Aristide, the first democratically elected president of Haiti, who was exiled following a military coup then reimposed by the United States in October 1994. Stotzky provides an insider’s view of the rocky transition to democracy before and after the U.S.-led multilateral occupation. More important, he offers an unusual conception of democracy, outlining what he thinks it will take for Haiti to achieve real political transition. By identifying important characteristics of Haitian political behavior, the author deepens insights into the contradictory obstacles to democratic governance in Haiti. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries.?Roderic A. Camp, Latin American Car., Toulon Univ., New Orleans
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