Montoya The Violence of Democracy

Political Life in Postwar El Salvador
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-76330-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 303 Seiten

Reihe: Studies of the Americas

Demonstrates anthropology’s ability to contribute to the study of democracy-making and explores how the notion of democracy can be imbued with diverse meanings
Ethnographically examines citizens’ practices and political subjectivities in the context of a post-war, liberal market democracy
Sheds light on the complexity of endemic violence in El Salvador and the relationship of this violence to the country’s gray domains of politics

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Montoya, Ainhoa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Ainhoa Montoya is Lecturer in Latin American Studies and ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.