Captured Peace : Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador Paperback / softback
by Christine J. Wade
Part of the Research in International Studies, Latin America Series series
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Ohio University Press
- Publication Date:15/01/2016
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- ISBN:9780896802988
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Ohio University Press
- Publication Date:15/01/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780896802988
