Florida International University FIU Digital Commons FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations University Graduate School 11-9-2016 The olitP ics of Democratization: Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Lavalas Movement in Haiti Dimmy Herard Florida International University,
[email protected] DOI: 10.25148/etd.FIDC001196 Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd Part of the Comparative Politics Commons Recommended Citation Herard, Dimmy, "The oP litics of Democratization: Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Lavalas Movement in Haiti" (2016). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3037. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3037 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the University Graduate School at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Miami, Florida THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRATIZATION: JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE AND THE LAVALAS MOVEMENT IN HAITI A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in POLITICAL SCIENCE by Dimmy Herard 2016 To: Dean John F. Stack, Jr. Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs This dissertation, written by Dimmy Herard, and entitled The Politics of Democratization: Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Lavalas Movement in Haiti, having been approved in respect to style and intellectual content, is referred to you for judgment. We have read this thesis and recommend that it be approved. _______________________________________ John F. Stack, Jr. _______________________________________ Chantalle F. Verna _______________________________________ Clement Fatovic _______________________________________ Ronald W. Cox, Major Professor Date of Defense: November 9, 2016 The dissertation of Dimmy Herard is approved.