Haiti
(September 2009)

Yasmine Shamsie
Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

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Works by Dr. Yasmine Shamsie

Boniface, D. (Ed.)., Lean, S. (Ed.)., Legler, T. (Ed.)., Shamsie, Y. (2007). The International Political Economy of Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Haiti and Guatemala. Promoting Democracy in the Americas. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Cooper, A. (Ed.), Heine, J. (Ed.)., Shamsie, Y. (2009). The Haitian Imbroglio. Which Way Latin America? Hemispheric Politics Meets Globalization. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

Cooper, A. (Ed.)., Rowlands, D. (Ed.)., Shamsie, Y. (2006). It’s Not Just Afghanistan or Darfur: Canada’s Peacebuilding Efforts in Haiti. Canada Among Nations 2006: Minorities and Priorities. McGill: Queen’s University Press.

Shamsie, Y. (2004). Building ‘Low-Intensity’ Democracy in Haiti: The OAS Contribution. Third World Quarterly, 25(6), 1097-1115.

Shamsie, Y. (2008). Canadian Efforts to Build Democracy in Haiti: Some Reflections for the Coming Years. Canadian Foreign Policy, 14(3).

Shamsie, Y. (2009). Export Processing Zones: The Purported Glimmer in Haiti’s Development Murk. Review of International Political Economy, 16(4).

Shamsie, Y. (2008). Haiti: Appraising Two Rounds of Peacebuilding Using A Poverty Reduction Lens. Civil Wars, 10(4), 415-432.  

Shamsie, Y. (2004). How the Organization of American States Tackled Impunity in Haiti. Journal of Haitian Studies, 10(1), 165-180.

Shamsie, Y. (2008). Short- And Medium-Term Perspectives for the Haitian Economy: Fostering Pro-Poor Economic Development. Prepared for the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). New York: Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum (CPPF).

Shamsie, Y., Thompson, A. (Ed.). (2006). Haiti: Hope for a Fragile State. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press/ CIGI.

Other Selected Works

Barthélemy, G. (1989). Le pays en dehors. Montréal: Le Centre International de Documentation et d’Information Haïtienne, Caraïbéene et Afro-canadienne (CIDIHCA).

Castor, S., Jones, S. (Ed.)., McCaughan, E. (Ed.). (1994). Democracy and Society in Haiti: Structures of Domination and Resistance to Change. In Latin American Faces the Twentieth Century. Boulder: Westview Press.

Dumas, R. (2008). An Encounter with Haiti: Notes of a Special Adviser. Port of Spain: Medianet Limited.

Dupuy, A. (1989). Haiti in the World Economy: Class, Race, and Underdevelopment since 1700. Boulder: Westview Press.

Dupuy, A. (2007). The Prophet and Power. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Farmer, P. (2005). The Uses of Haiti. Maine: Common Courage Press.

Fatton, R. (2002). Haiti’s Predatory Republic. The Unending Transition to Democracy. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

Fatton, R. (2007). The Roots of Haitian Despotism. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

Hallward, P. (2008). Damming the Flood. Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment. London: Verso.

Maguire, R., et al. (1996). Haiti Held Hostage: International Responses to the Quest for Nationhood 1986 to 1996. Providence: Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies and United Nations University.

Pierre-Charles, G. (1986). Haïti:Radiographie d’une dictature. Montreal: Nouvelle Optique.

Pierre-Charles, G. (1997). Haïti La difficile transition démocratique. Port-au-Prince: CRESFED.

Rotberg, R. (Ed.). (1997). Haiti Renewed: Political and Economic Prospects. Washington: Brookings.

Trouillot, M. (1990). Haiti: State Against Nation: The Origins and Legacies of Duvalierism. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Yasmine Shamsie
Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University