Haïti : État failli, État à (re)construire

Abstract

This article elaborates on the uses of the notions of failed, fragile or weak states in the case of Haiti. It puts the emergence of those notions into perspective in order to understand why and how Haiti became characterized as a failed state (in the 1990s, and after 9/11). The article then further deconstructs the current classification of Haiti in failed state indexes. In the concluding section, alternative concepts are put forward, in order to better analyze the modes of government of the Haitian state.

Keywords

• State
• humanitarian aid
• boat people
• failed State
• weak State