Thinking Global Podcast – Robert Fatton Jr. (part two)

This week on the Thinking Global podcast, Professor Robert Fatton, Jr. speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Édouard (@edwarddcurry5) on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs. In the second part of this two-part series, Professor Fatton talks with the Haiti team about the “outer periphery” of the global economic system, humanitarian intervention, CARICOM, and much more.

Robert Fatton, Jr. is the Julia A. Cooper Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia (@UVA @uva_artsci). He also served as director of the Department of Politics from 1997 to 2004; and vice dean of the Graduate School of the University of Virginia from 2010 to 2012. He is the author of several books and a large number of scientific articles. His publications include: Black consciousness in South Africa (1986); The construction of a liberal democracy: the passive revolution in Senegal, 1975-1985 (1987); Predatory rule: State and civil society in Africa (1992); The Predatory Republic of Haiti: The Endless Transition to Democracy (2002); The roots of Haitian despotism (2007); Haiti: stuck in the outer periphery (2014) ; The Appearance of Exceptionalism: Unmasking the National Narratives of Haiti and the United States (2021). He is the recipient of the 2011 Award of Excellence from the Association of Haitian Studies for his “commitment and contribution to the emerging field of Haitian studies for nearly a quarter of a century.”

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