The Violence of Democracy Political Life in Postwar El Salvador /

This book offers novel insights about the ability of a democracy to accommodate violence. In El Salvador, the end of war has brought about a violent peace, one in which various forms of violence have become incorporated into Salvadorans' imaginaries and enactments of democracy. Based on ethnogr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montoya, Ainhoa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Studies of the Americas
Subjects:
Latin America-Politics and government.
Ethnology.
Democracy.
Peace.
Violence.
Crime.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
ISBN:9783319763309
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Fallacy of the Telos of Transition
  • 3. The Postwar Gray Zone of Politics
  • 4. Neoliberalization and the Violence Within
  • 5. War Reenactment through Elections
  • 6. Memory Work in the Aftermath of War
  • 7. The 2009 Shift
  • 8. Conclusion
  • 9. Epilogue.

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