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Does Colonial Institutional Legacy Fully Explain Why Nations Fail? Theoretical and Empirical Confrontations Using the Case of Haiti.
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Forum for Development Studies . Jun2024, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p301-331. 31p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Economic history is mobilized by neo-institutionalists to explain the different paths to development observed in post-colonial countries. Acemoglu and Robinson have considered Haiti as an archetype of colonial institutional legacy to describe why Nations fail. Is this deterministic lecture sufficient to understand the troubled development journey of the first free Black Country? In this research, we show, with empirical and historical evidence, that institutional path-dependence theory is not the best analytical framework for the case of Haiti. Critical juncture theory appears to be more appropriate to capture what is really going on in neocolonial Haiti. We also contribute to the critical juncture theory with long-term historical evidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *POSTCOLONIALISM
*ECONOMIC history
*CRITICAL theory
*COUNTRIES
*ARCHETYPES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08039410
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Forum for Development Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176862046
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2023.2255217