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100			_aShamsie, Yasmine
245			_aBuilding 'low-intensity' democracy in Haiti : the OAS contribution
260			_c2004
520			_aExamines the Organization of American States' (OAS) efforts to restore and promote democracy in Haiti between 1990 and 2000. Reveals that marked contradictions emerged as the organisation tried to promote a democratic outcome while both supporting and facilitating the workings of a profoundly undemocratic economic and trading system. Concludes by reflecting on the fall of the country's president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Examines the role of the OAS and other international actors in shaping events leading up to the collapse of his government.
583			_c11/29/04 _kJOYD
942			_cA
999			_c26314 _d26314