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In Show Time, Lee Ann Fujii asks why some perpetrators of political
violence, from lynch mobs to genocidal killers, display their acts
of violence so publicly and extravagantly. Closely examining three
horrific and extreme episodes—the murder of a prominent Tutsi
family amidst the genocide in Rwanda, the execution of Muslim men
in a Serb-controlled village in Bosnia during the Balkan Wars, and
the lynching of a twenty-two-year old Black farmhand on Maryland's
Eastern Shore in 1933—Fujii shows how "violent displays" are
staged to not merely to kill those perceived to be enemies or
threats, but also to affect and influence observers, neighbors, and
the larger society. Watching and participating in these violent
displays profoundly transforms those involved, reinforcing
political identities, social hierarchies, and power structures.
Such public spectacles of violence also force members of the
community to choose sides—openly show support for the goals of
the violence, or risk becoming victims, themselves. Tracing the
ways in which public displays of violence unfold, Show Time reveals
how the perpetrators exploit the fluidity of social ties for their
own ends.
Political representation lies at the core of modern politics.
Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate
without representative institutions. Yet relations between the
democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political
representation have never been well defined and remain the subject
of vigorous debate among historians, political theorists, lawyers,
and citizens. In this volume, an eminent group of scholars move
forward the debates about political representation on a number of
fronts. Drawing on insights from political science, history,
political theory, economics, and anthropology, the authors provide
much-needed clarity to some of the most vexing questions about
political representation. They also reveal new and enlightening
perspectives on this fundamental political practice. Topics
discussed include representation before democracy, political
parties, minorities, electoral competition, and ideology. This
volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the ideal and
the reality of political representation.
Elisabeth Wood's account of insurgent collective action in El Salvador is based on oral histories gathered from peasants who supported the insurgency and those who did not, as well as on interviews with military commanders from both sides. She explains how widespread support among rural people for the leftist insurgency during the civil war in El Salvador challenges conventional interpretations of collective action. Those who supplied tortillas, information, and other aid to guerillas took mortal risks and yet stood to gain no more than those who did not.
Elisabeth Wood's account of insurgent collective action in El Salvador is based on oral histories gathered from peasants who supported the insurgency and those who did not, as well as on interviews with military commanders from both sides. She explains how widespread support among rural people for the leftist insurgency during the civil war in El Salvador challenges conventional interpretations of collective action. Those who supplied tortillas, information, and other aid to guerillas took mortal risks and yet stood to gain no more than those who did not.
Political representation lies at the core of modern politics.
Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate
without representative institutions. Yet relations between the
democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political
representation have never been well defined and remain the subject
of vigorous debate among historians, political theorists, lawyers,
and citizens. In this volume, an eminent group of scholars move
forward the debates about political representation on a number of
fronts. Drawing on insights from political science, history,
political theory, economics, and anthropology, the authors provide
much-needed clarity to some of the most vexing questions about
political representation. They also reveal new and enlightening
perspectives on this fundamental political practice. Topics
discussed include representation before democracy, political
parties, minorities, electoral competition, and ideology. This
volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the ideal and
the reality of political representation.
The recent replacement of authoritarian rule by democracy in both
South Africa and El Salvador poses a puzzle: why did the powerful
and fervently anti-democratic elites of these countries abandon
death squads, apartheid, and the other tools of political
repression and take a chance on democracy? Forging Democracy from
Below, first published in 2000, shows how popular mobilization - in
El Salvador an effective guerilla army supported by peasant
collaboration and in South Africa a powerful alliance of labor
unions and poor urban dwellers - eventually forced the elite to the
bargaining table, and why both a durable settlement and democratic
government were the result. Using interviews with both insurgent
and elite actors as well as statistical analysis of macroeconomic
developments, Elisabeth Wood documents an 'insurgent path to
democracy' and challenges the view that democracy is the result of
compromise among elite factions or the modernizing influence of
economic development.
The recent replacement of authoritarian rule by democracy in both South Africa and El Salvador poses a puzzle: why did the powerful, anti-democratic elites of these countries abandon death squads, apartheid, and the other tools of political repression and take a chance on democracy? Forging Democracy From Below shows how popular mobilization--in El Salvador an effective guerilla army supported by peasant collaboration and in South Africa a powerful alliance of labor unions and poor urban dwellers--forced the elite to the bargaining table, and why a durable settlement and democratic government were the result.
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