Also known as: Predatory state
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Fatton argues that Haitian rulers repeatedly treated control of the state as the main route to accumulation and domination. That makes politics a struggle over monopolizing state access rather than building durable inclusion.
state — the structural form he inherited and could not overcome
Francois Duvalier
Fatton treats his 1986 fall as the opening of the post-Duvalier transition rather than the end of Duvalierism — the predatory state structure he inherited persisted beyond his removal.
state — the state form that trained, armed, and then lost control of Chérizier
state — the structural form his government exemplified at its terminal stage
state — the structural form his administration reproduced
state — the structural context both terms operated within
Us Occupation Haiti
Haiti United States
Predatory State
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