Waves of protest : popular struggle in El Salvador, 1925-2005 / Paul D. Almeida.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almeida, Paul, 1968-

Series:

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 29.

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements--El Salvador--History.

Protest movements.

El Salvador--Social conditions.

El Salvador.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the countryÕs history. Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida fully chronicles one of the largest and most successful campaigns against globalization and privatization in the Americas. Drawing on original protest data from newspapers and other archival sources, Almeida makes an impassioned argument that regim

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction: El Salvador and Popular Mobilization in the Global South; 1. Liberalization, Intimidation, and Globalization; 2. Regime Openings and Violent Closings, 1925-62; 3. Renewed Liberalization and Mass Mobilization, 1962-72; 4. The State Giveth and the State Taketh Away (Again), 1972-81; 5. Mobilization by Globalization: El Salvador under Neoliberalism; 6. The Sequencing of Third World Struggle; Appendix: Data and Methods; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5389-5

OCLC:

476156639