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Captured peace : elites and peacebuilding in El Salvador / Christine J. Wade.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wade, Christine J., author.
- Series:
- Research in international studies. Latin America series ; no. 52.
- Research in international studies, Latin America series ; no. 52
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (El Salvador).
- Neoliberalism.
- History.
- Political participation.
- Political parties.
- Violence--Economic aspects.
- Violence.
- Political violence.
- Social control.
- Peace-building--Social aspects.
- Peace-building.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- El Salvador--Politics and government--1992-.
- El Salvador.
- Politics and government.
- Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity--El Salvador--History.
- Peace-building--Social aspects--El Salvador--History.
- Social control--El Salvador--History.
- Political violence--El Salvador--History.
- Violence--Economic aspects--El Salvador--History.
- Political parties--El Salvador--History.
- Political participation--El Salvador--History.
- Neoliberalism--El Salvador--History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 281 pages ; 22 cm.
- Other Title:
- Elites and peacebuilding in El Salvador
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "El Salvador is widely considered one of the most successful United Nations peacebuilding efforts, but record homicide rates, political polarization, socioeconomic exclusion, and corruption have diminished the quality of peace for many of its citizens. In Captured Peace : Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador, Christine J. Wade adapts the concept of elite capture to expand on the idea of 'captured peace, ' explaining how local elites commandeered political, social, and economic affairs before war's end and then used the peace accords to deepen their control in these spheres. While much scholarship has focused on the role of gangs in Salvadoran unrest, Wade draws on an exhaustive range of sources to demonstrate how day-to-day violence is inextricable from the economic and political dimensions. In this in-depth analysis of postwar politics in El Salvador, she highlights the local actors' primary role in peacebuilding and demonstrates the political advantage an incumbent party--in this case, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)--has throughout the peace process and the consequences of this to the quality of peace that results"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Peacebuilding, elites, and the problem of capture
- Elites and the Salvadoran state
- Making the captured peace
- Electoral politics in the postwar era : parties, polarization, and participation
- El Salvador in the neoliberal era
- The politics of exclusion : migration, crime, and society in the postwar era
- Reclaiming the captured peace.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-272) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0896802981
- 9780896802971
- 0896802973
- 9780896802988
- OCLC:
- 910980930
- Publisher Number:
- 99966572386
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