In the wake of war
Subtitle: democratization and internal armed conflict in Latin America
By: edited by Cynthia J. Arnson
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780804776677; 9780804776684
Subjects: Democratization; Peace-building; Nation-building; History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: conflict, democratization, and the state / Cynthia J. Arnson; title: Democracy and governance in conflict and postwar Latin America / Dinorah Azpuru; title: Democratic consolidation in postconflict states in Latin America: insights from the peace-building and fragile states literature / Stewart Patrick; title: The peace process and the construction of democracy in El Salvador / Ricardo Cordova Macias and Carlos G. Ramos; title: The limits of peace and democracy in Guatemala / Edelberto Torres-Rivas; title: Nicaragua's pacted democracy / Shelley A. McConnell; title: A historical perspective on counterinsurgency and the "war on drugs" in Colombia / Marco Palacios; title: Peace in Peru, but unresolved tasks / Carlos Basombrio Iglesias; title: The crisis in Chiapas: negotiations, democracy, and governability / Raul Benitez Manaut, Tania Carrasco, and Armando Rodriguez Luna; title: An illusory peace: the United Nations and state building in Haiti / Johanna Mendelson Forman; title: Europe's role in fostering peace in Central America and Colombia / Markus Schultze-Kraft; title: Political transition, social violence, and gangs: cases in Central America and Mexico / Jose Miguel Cruz, Rafael Fernandez de Castro, and Gema Santamaria Balmaceda; title: Why truth still matters: historical clarification, impunity, and justice in contemporary Guatemala / Victoria Sanford; title: Conclusion / Cynthia J. Arnson.