Gibbons analyzes the ruinous three-year trade embargo imposed on Haiti in response to the September 1991 coup d'etat to President Aristide's return to office in October 1994. She dissects the multidimensional impact of sanctions on Haitian society by examining the economic devastation and social...
The papers in this volume demonstarte the increasing social complexities that have evolved with modern agricultural systems,. They also demonstratea growing concernwith the ethical, social, and environmental implicatons of agricultural production, and with the use and distribution of its...
"I have spent the last four years watching people die." With these wrenching words, humanitarian Stephen Lewis begins his personal, often searing insider's account of Africa's plight and the wealthy world's betrayal. Lewis recounts how in 2000, global leaders agreed to eight Millennium...