| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 298 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 29 |
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Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 29.
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| Contents |
Introduction : El Salvador and popular mobilization in the global South -- Liberalization, intimidation, and globalization -- Regime openings and violent closings, 1925-62 -- Renewed liberalization and mass mobilization, 1962-72 -- The state giveth and the state taketh away (again), 1972-81 -- Mobilization by globalization : El Salvador under neoliberalism -- The sequencing of third world struggle -- Appendix: Data and methods |
| Summary |
One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the countrys history. Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida fully chronicles one of the largest and most successful campaigns against globalization and privatization in the Americas. Drawing on original protest data from newspapers and other archival sources, Almeida makes an impassioned argument that regim |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-283) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Protest movements -- El Salvador -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Violence in Society.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
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Protest movements.
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
El Salvador -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
El Salvador.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816653898 |
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0816653895 |
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