The Origins and Dynamics of Genocide: Political Violence in Guatemala
tarafından
Brett, Roddy. author.
Başlık
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The Origins and Dynamics of Genocide: Political Violence in Guatemala
Yazar
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Brett, Roddy. author.
ISBN
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9781137397676
Yazar
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Brett, Roddy. author.
Fiziksel Niteleme
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XV, 249 p. online resource.
Seri
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Rethinking Political Violence
İçindekiler
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Understanding the Violence -- Chapter 2: Civilian Experience of Violence in Civil War and Armed Conflict -- Chapter 3: The EGP: Insurgent Strategies in the Ixcán and the Ixil -- Chapter 4: The Counterinsurgent Response -- Chapter 5: War in the Rebel Heartlands -- Chapter 6: Displacement and Exile -- Conclusions: And History Shall not be Unwritten.
Özet
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This book rigorously documents and explains the genocide perpetrated by the Guatemalan state against indigenous Maya populations within the context of its counterinsurgency campaign against leftist guerrillas between 1981 and 1983. In doing so it brings to light a genocide that has remained largely invisible within both academic disciplines and the practitioner sphere. In May 2013, former de facto president of Guatemala, General Efrain Rios Montt, was for ten days indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity within Guatemala’s domestic courts. Based upon over a decade of ethnographic research, including in survivors’ communities in Guatemala, this book documents the historical processes shaping the genocide by analysing the evolution of both counterinsurgent and insurgent violence and strategy, focusing above all on its impact upon the civilian population. The research clearly evidences the impact of political violence upon non-combatants; how military and insurgent strategies gradually implicate civilians in conflict and the strategies civilians may adopt in order to survive them. Convincingly framed within key theoretical scholarship from genocide studies and comparative politics it speaks to a broad audience beyond Latin Americanists.
Konu Başlığı
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Political science.
Comparative politics.
World politics.
Latin America -- Politics and government.
Peace.
Terrorism.
Political violence.
Political Science and International Relations.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Political History.
Latin American Politics.
Conflict Studies.
Ek Kurum Yazar
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SpringerLink (Online service)
Elektronik Erişim
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Materyal Türü | Barkod | Yer Numarası | Durumu/İade Tarihi |
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Electronic Book | 15798-1001 | JX5420 | Springer E-Book Collection |