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- Transition in El Salvador: a multi-layered process (Paper from Symposium)
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This paper reflects on the obstacles facing Salvadorean NGOs in the transition from war to peace. Firstly, on the difficulties inherent in the peace process itself: insufficient structural change; the trap of electoral politics; a transition process that ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Change and continuity: the challenge of transition (Paper from Symposium)
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This symposium, co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the South Africa Office of Oxfam, drew together individuals and organisations working in the areas of violence, conflict and peace-building. In this paper, the ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- The role and example of Chilean and Argentinean Mothers in democratisation
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This paper explores the development issue of democratisation from a gendered perspective, emphasising the need to look for the building blocks of democracy within civil society sectors where women play a key role. Chilean and Argentinean women prove an im ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- Guatemala: uncovering the past, recovering the future
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The author gives a personal view of her experiences in Guatemala in 1995, when she met with human-rights workers coping with the aftermath, and ongoing trauma, of the 36-year war. She describes the fear and disruption brought about by so many years of mil ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Mayan dress as a text: contested meanings
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This article focuses on the importance, complexity and ambiguity of the symbolic terrain both in everyday life and in social struggle. Taking Mayan women's traditional dress or traje as a text, the author reflects upon the multiple and contested meanings ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:42
- Editorial 17(6)
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Only in English Author: Eade, Deborah Issue: V ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Columbian peace communities: the role of NGOs in supporting resistance to violence and oppression
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Colombia’s chronic war is one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Amid armed actors, pervasive violence, and increasing militarisation, many citizens experience hostility from all sides. This violence continues the historical marginalisation of Afro ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:52
- Violence, fear, and development in Latin America: a critical overview
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This introduction presents the core concepts that shape this special issue on the impact of violence and the processes of development in Central and South America. The understanding of development is considered in terms broader than the economic context a ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- The role of Salvadorean NGOs in post-war reconstruction
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The Peace Agreement signed between the Government and FMLN guerrillas in El Salvador marks the end of a decade of civil war. As both sides of the conflict and the international donor community begin to add up the costs of reconstruction, the human, soci ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on Colombia’s Pacific coast
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A progressive piece of legislation in 1993 granted collective land rights to Colombia’s black communities living in the rural areas of the Pacific coast region. This measure aimed partly to support sustainable development strategies in the region through ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
