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Societies of Fear : The Legacy of Civil War, Violence and Terror in Latin America / edited by Kees Koonings and Dirk Kruijt.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Zed Books, c1999.Description: xii, 335 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1856497674 (pbk.)
  • 9781856497671 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6/098
LOC classification:
  • HN 110.5 S678f 1999
Online resources:
Partial contents:
Introduction: Violence and fear in Latin America / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- Exercises in state terrorism: the counter-insurgency campaigns in Guatemala and Peru / Dirk Kruijt -- Reaping the whirlwind / Carlos Ivan Degregori -- 'Welcome to the nightmare': Thoughts on the faceless warriors of the Lacandona Revolt of 1994 (Chiapas, Mexico) / Arij Ouweneel -- Political violence in post-revolutionary Mexico / Alan Knight -- The fear of indifference: Combatants' anxieties about the political identity of civilians during Argentina's Dirty War / Antonius Robben -- From the banality of violence to real terror: The case of Colombia / Daniel Pecaut -- Collective memories, fears and consensus: The political psychology of the Chilean democratic transition / Patricio Silva -- Shadows of violence and political transition in Brazil: From military rule to democratic governance / Kees Koonings -- The transition under fire: Rethinking contemporary Mexican politics / Wil Pansters -- A loss of purpose: Crisis and transition in Cuba / Gert Gostindie -- Epilogue: Notes on terror, violence, fear and democracy / Edelberto Torres-Rivas.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HN 110.5 S678f 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000064809

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-327) and index.

Introduction: Violence and fear in Latin America / Dirk Kruijt and Kees Koonings -- Exercises in state terrorism: the counter-insurgency campaigns in Guatemala and Peru / Dirk Kruijt -- Reaping the whirlwind / Carlos Ivan Degregori -- 'Welcome to the nightmare': Thoughts on the faceless warriors of the Lacandona Revolt of 1994 (Chiapas, Mexico) / Arij Ouweneel -- Political violence in post-revolutionary Mexico / Alan Knight -- The fear of indifference: Combatants' anxieties about the political identity of civilians during Argentina's Dirty War / Antonius Robben -- From the banality of violence to real terror: The case of Colombia / Daniel Pecaut -- Collective memories, fears and consensus: The political psychology of the Chilean democratic transition / Patricio Silva -- Shadows of violence and political transition in Brazil: From military rule to democratic governance / Kees Koonings -- The transition under fire: Rethinking contemporary Mexican politics / Wil Pansters -- A loss of purpose: Crisis and transition in Cuba / Gert Gostindie -- Epilogue: Notes on terror, violence, fear and democracy / Edelberto Torres-Rivas.

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