Journeys of fear : refugee return and national transformation in Guatemala / edited by Liisa L. North and Alan B. Simmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North, Liisa, Author.

Contributor:

North, Liisa.

Simmons, Alan B. (Alan Burtham), 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Return migration--Guatemala.

Return migration.

Mayas--Guatemala--Government relations.

Mayas.

Guatemala--Politics and government--1985-.

Guatemala.

Guatemala--Economic conditions--1985-.

Guatemala--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edited and with contributions by Liisa North and Alan Simmons, this collection explores the participation of the oppressed and marginalised Guatemalan refugees, most of them indigenous Mayas who fled from the army's razed-earth campaign of the early 1980s, in government negotiations regarding the conditions for return. The essays adopt the refugees' language concerning return - defining it as a self-organized and participatory collective act that is very different from repatriation, a passive process often organized by others with the objective of reintegration into the status quo. Contributors examine the extent to which the organized returnees and other social organizations with similar objectives have been successful in transforming Guatemalan society, creating greater respect for political, social, and economic rights. They also consider the obstacles to democratization in a country just emerging from a history of oppressive dictatorships and a thirty-six-year-long civil war. Contributors include Stephen Baranyi (IDRC), Catherine Blacklock (Queen's University), Manuel-Angel Castillo (Colegio de Mexico), Alison Crosby (Consejeria en Proyectos), Gonzalo de Villa (Universidad Rafael Landivar), Brian Egan (Independent Consultant), Marco Fonseca (York University), Gisela Geliert (FLACSO-Guatemala), Jim Gronau (Coordinación de ONG y Cooperativas), Barry Levitt (University of North Carolina), George Lovell (Queen's University), Catherine Nolan-Hanlon (Queen-s University), Liisa North, Viviana Patroni (Wilfrid Laurier University), René Potvin (FLACSO-Guatemala), Alan Simmons, and Gabriela Torres (York University).

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Tables and Maps""; ""Preface""; ""1 Fear and Hope: Return and Transformation in Historical Perspective""; ""PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SETTING""; ""2 Reflections on the Problems of Democracy in Guatemala""; ""3 Land and Peace: Two Points of View""; ""PART TWO: NEGOTIATING AND MONITORING THE PEACE: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS""; ""4 Paradigms of Negotiation and Democratization in Guatemala""; ""5 Maximizing the Benefits of UN Involvement in the Guatemala Peace Process""; ""PART THREE: LAND, LABOUR, AND MIGRATION""

""6 ""Somos de la Tierra"": Land and the Guatemalan Refugee Return""""7 Migration and the Displaced in Guatemala City in the Context of a Flawed National Transformation""; ""8 Exodus and Return with a Changing Migration System""; ""PART FOUR: IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY: GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND PLACE""; ""9 The Unexpected Consequences of Violence: Rethinking Gender Roles and Ethnicity""; ""10 To Whom Shall the Nation Belong? The Gender and Ethnic Dimension of Refugee Return and the Struggle for Peace in Guatemala""; ""11 Democratization and Popular Women's Organizations""

""12 Guatemalan Refugees and Returnees: Place and Maya Identity""""PART FIVE: NGO NETWORKS AND GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE""; ""13 Theorizing Accompaniment""; ""14 Canadian Foreign Aid as Support for Human Rights and Democratization in Guatemala""; ""15 Concluding Reflections: Refugee Return, National Transformation, and Neoliberal Restructuring""; ""Appendix: Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-332).

ISBN:

1-282-85816-5

9786612858161

0-7735-6793-3

OCLC:

1394871680