Dealing with Peace: The Guatemalan Campesino Movement and the Post-Conflict Neoliberal State Contributor(s): Granovsky-Larsen, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487501439 ISBN-13: 9781487501433 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: April 2019 Click for more in this series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
Dewey: 305.563 |
Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" L (1.20 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index |
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Publisher Description: Dealing with Peace presents the struggles of the Guatemalan campesino (peasant) social movement during the country's post-conflict transition from 1996 to the present, focusing on efforts to obtain land and improve livelihoods within a shifting, yet consistently hostile, political-economic environment. With special focus on the relationship between the movement and the neoliberal state, Simon Granovsky-Larsen asks whether the acceptance of neoliberal resources - in this case, support for land access in Guatemala provided by the World Bank-funded Fondo de Tierras - reduces the potential for social movements to continue to work for transformative change. Positioned in contrast to studies warning that social movements cannot maintain their original vision after accepting such support, this book argues that organizations within the Guatemalan campesino movement have engaged strategically with neoliberalism, utilizing available resources to advance visions of social change. Using a wealth of primary data collected over more than a year of fieldwork, it contributes significantly to the study of Guatemalan politics and advances understandings of the grounded operation of neoliberalism. Exploring both the dynamics of a national neoliberal transition and the ways in which these play out within civil society, Dealing with Peace reveals the long-term and often contradictory negotiation of political and economic transitions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Granovsky-Larsen, Simon: - Simon Granovsky-Larsen is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina. |
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