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Terror in the Countryside - Campesino Responses to Political Violence in Guatemala, 1954-1985 (Paperback, 1)
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Terror in the Countryside - Campesino Responses to Political Violence in Guatemala, 1954-1985 (Paperback, 1)
Series: Research in International Studies, Latin America Series
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The key to democratization lies within the experience of the
popular movements. Those who engaged in the popular struggle in
Guatemala have a deep understanding of substantive democratic
behavior, and the experience of Guatemala's civil society should be
the cornerstone for building a meaningful formal democracy.
In "Terror in the Countryside" Rachel May offers an in-depth
examination of the relationship between political violence and
civil society. Focusing on Guatemala, Professor May develops a
theoretical scheme that calls into question the more conventional
understandings of both violence and civil society.
By elaborating a cyclical model of violence, and suggesting a
typology of rural (campesino) popular organizations, Terror in the
Countryside provides both a history and an analysis of
late-twentieth-century violence and of the role of campesino
organizations during the worst years of conflict in Guatemala.
This history details the way ideologies, organizational structures,
and mobilization strategies evolved in response to the climate of
terror, emphasizing the courage and sacrifice of those who worked
for justice and human rights.
This book argues that the peace accords can be considered only as a
first step to eliminate a violence that has become deeply rooted in
the political life of the country.
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