Anatomy of a haitian tragedy: When the fury of nature meets the debility of the state

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-157

  Gros, Jean Germain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake; Haiti; neoliberalism; nongovernmental organizations; state building; state failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952298635     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021934710394442     Document Type: Article

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