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Captured Peace: Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador
Christine J. Wade
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Description for Captured Peace: Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador
Paperback. Series: Ohio RIS Latin America Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Ohio RIS Latin America Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780896802988
SKU
V9780896802988
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About Christine J. Wade
Christine J. Wade is associate professor of political science and international studies at Washington College. She is the coauthor of Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change and Nicaragua: Living in the Shadow of the Eagle.
Reviews for Captured Peace: Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador
Those who study El Salvador closely recognize more deeply the limitations of the peace accords in transforming its politics, economics, and society. This book does a fabulous job explaining how the peace accords failed in several important ways primarily because of the intransigence of local elites...Christine Wade has produced the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on Salvadoran politics of the last ... Read more