Robert Maguire is professor of international development studies at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. Scott Freeman is professorial lecturer at the School of International Service at American University.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordAmy WilentzIntroduction: Sovereignty and ‘Ownership’ from the Inside and Out Scott Freeman and Robert Maguire2. Haitian Sovereignty: A Brief History Laurent Dubois3. Haiti and the Limits of Sovereignty: Trapped in the Outer Periphery Robert Fatton Jr.4. New Wine in Old Bottles: the Failure of the Democratic Transition in Haiti Francois Pierre-Louis, Jr5. Brazilian and South American Political and Military Engagement in Haiti Ricardo Seitenfus6. Who ‘Owns’ US Aid to Haiti? Robert Maguire7. Who Owns the Religion of Haiti? Karen Richman8. Sovereignty and Soil: Collective and Wage Labor in Rural Haiti Scott Freeman9. Street Sovereignty: Power, Violence, and Respect among Haitian Chelsey Kivland10. Conclusion: Reflections on Sovereignty Robert Maguire, Scott Freeman & Nicholas JohnsonList of ContributorsIndex

A timely collection of articles by some of the leading and emerging scholars and specialists on Haiti, offering a wide range of critical perspectives on the question and meaning of sovereignty in Haiti."" - Alex Dupuy, coauthor of The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti  ""Directly asks the provocative question of ownership and Haitian sovereignty within the post-earthquake moment—an unstable period in which ideas on (re)development, humanitarianism, globalization, militarism, self-determination, and security converge."" - Millery Polyné, author of From Douglass to Duvalier: U.S. African Americans, Haiti, and Pan Americanism, 1870–1964""Powerful essays by experts in their fields addressing what matters most to smaller nations—the meaning of sovereignty, and the horrid trajectory from colonialism, to neocolonialism into neoliberalism."" - Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, author of Haiti: The Breached Citadel

Robert Maguire is professor of international development studies at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. Scott Freeman is professorial lecturer at the School of International Service at American University.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordAmy WilentzIntroduction: Sovereignty and ‘Ownership’ from the Inside and Out Scott Freeman and Robert Maguire2. Haitian Sovereignty: A Brief History Laurent Dubois3. Haiti and the Limits of Sovereignty: Trapped in the Outer Periphery Robert Fatton Jr.4. New Wine in Old Bottles: the Failure of the Democratic Transition in Haiti Francois Pierre-Louis, Jr5. Brazilian and South American Political and Military Engagement in Haiti Ricardo Seitenfus6. Who ‘Owns’ US Aid to Haiti? Robert Maguire7. Who Owns the Religion of Haiti? Karen Richman8. Sovereignty and Soil: Collective and Wage Labor in Rural Haiti Scott Freeman9. Street Sovereignty: Power, Violence, and Respect among Haitian Chelsey Kivland10. Conclusion: Reflections on Sovereignty Robert Maguire, Scott Freeman & Nicholas JohnsonList of ContributorsIndex

A timely collection of articles by some of the leading and emerging scholars and specialists on Haiti, offering a wide range of critical perspectives on the question and meaning of sovereignty in Haiti."" - Alex Dupuy, coauthor of The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti  ""Directly asks the provocative question of ownership and Haitian sovereignty within the post-earthquake moment—an unstable period in which ideas on (re)development, humanitarianism, globalization, militarism, self-determination, and security converge."" - Millery Polyné, author of From Douglass to Duvalier: U.S. African Americans, Haiti, and Pan Americanism, 1870–1964""Powerful essays by experts in their fields addressing what matters most to smaller nations—the meaning of sovereignty, and the horrid trajectory from colonialism, to neocolonialism into neoliberalism."" - Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, author of Haiti: The Breached Citadel

Robert Maguire is professor of international development studies at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. Scott Freeman is professorial lecturer at the School of International Service at American University.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordAmy WilentzIntroduction: Sovereignty and ‘Ownership’ from the Inside and Out Scott Freeman and Robert Maguire2. Haitian Sovereignty: A Brief History Laurent Dubois3. Haiti and the Limits of Sovereignty: Trapped in the Outer Periphery Robert Fatton Jr.4. New Wine in Old Bottles: the Failure of the Democratic Transition in Haiti Francois Pierre-Louis, Jr5. Brazilian and South American Political and Military Engagement in Haiti Ricardo Seitenfus6. Who ‘Owns’ US Aid to Haiti? Robert Maguire7. Who Owns the Religion of Haiti? Karen Richman8. Sovereignty and Soil: Collective and Wage Labor in Rural Haiti Scott Freeman9. Street Sovereignty: Power, Violence, and Respect among Haitian Chelsey Kivland10. Conclusion: Reflections on Sovereignty Robert Maguire, Scott Freeman & Nicholas JohnsonList of ContributorsIndex

A timely collection of articles by some of the leading and emerging scholars and specialists on Haiti, offering a wide range of critical perspectives on the question and meaning of sovereignty in Haiti."" - Alex Dupuy, coauthor of The Prophet and Power: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the International Community, and Haiti  ""Directly asks the provocative question of ownership and Haitian sovereignty within the post-earthquake moment—an unstable period in which ideas on (re)development, humanitarianism, globalization, militarism, self-determination, and security converge."" - Millery Polyné, author of From Douglass to Duvalier: U.S. African Americans, Haiti, and Pan Americanism, 1870–1964""Powerful essays by experts in their fields addressing what matters most to smaller nations—the meaning of sovereignty, and the horrid trajectory from colonialism, to neocolonialism into neoliberalism."" - Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, author of Haiti: The Breached Citadel