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Book SynopsisThis book is about ending guerrilla conflicts in Latin America through political means. It discusses peace processes aimed at ending military conflicts in the context of agreements that touch on some of the principal political, economic, social, and ethnic imbalances that led to conflict in the first place.
Trade Review"This is a valuable collection, well organized and professionally edited." --
Terrorism and Political Violence"There is, in short, a great deal in this book that will be of interest. It will be a useful addition to the all-too-small literature on successful peace processes, as well as offering new comparative insights to the literature on the countries concerned."
"Editor Arnson and 19 collaborators. . . assess the factors that contribute to a nation-state's capacity to reconstruct a functioning and more democratic society after that society has been riven by internal armed conflict. . . The volume has a high degree of internal consistency among the case studies, and Arnson provides both a clear introduction and an insightful conclusion. Recommended." -- J. A. Rhodes *
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Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Part I. Case Studies and Issues: 2. From low-intensity war to low-intensity peace: the Nicaraguan peace process; 3. Political transition and institutionalisation in El Salvador; 4. Peace and democratisation in Guatemala: two parallel processes; 5. The peace process in Chiapas: between hope and frustration; 6. Negotiating peace amid multiple forms of violence: the protracted search for a settlement to the armed conflicts in Colombia; 7. Peace in Peru: an unfinished task; 8. The decimation of Peru's Sendero Luminoso; 9. Role of the United Nations in El Salvador and Guatemala: a preliminary comparison; 10. Between memory and forgetting: Guerillas, the indigenous movement, and legal reform in the time of the EZLN; 11. Indigenous identity and rights in the Guatemala peace process; Part II. Consolidating Peace and Reform: 12. Truth, justice and reconciliation: lessons for the international community; 13. In pursuit of justice and reconciliation: contributions of truth telling; 14. Renegotiating internal security: the lessons of Central America; 15. Postconflict political economy of Central America; 16. Conclusion: lessons learned in comparative perspective; Contributions; Index.
