| Description |
1 online resource : color maps |
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SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies |
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SpringerBriefs in Latin American studies.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Timeline of Events at Río Negro; Map; Acronyms; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Approach; 1.2 Overview; References; 2 Research Design; Abstract; 2.1 'The Field'; 2.2 Data Collection; 2.3 Analysis; 2.4 Ethical Considerations; References; 3 Development: A Critical Backgrounder; Abstract; 3.1 'Post' or 'Rights-Based' Development; 3.2 Dams and Displacement; References; 4 Guatemalan Historical Context; Abstract; References; 5 Río Negro and the Chixoy Dam; Abstract; 5.1 The Chixoy Dam Project; References; 6 Lived Experiences: A Critical Analysis; Abstract |
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6.1 Impacts from Violence6.2 Economic Impacts; 6.3 Contemporary Development; 6.4 Conclusion; References; 7 Final Discussion and Conclusion; Abstract; 7.1 Concluding Thoughts; 7.2 Future Research; References; Sec1; There Is No Means By Which To Quantify What Was Lost In Río Negro; Survival; Truth; Justice; Outline placeholder; National Courts; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Chixoy Dam Reparations Campaign; The Enormity of Global Impunity; The Enormity of Courage, Dignity and Strength; Sec11 |
| Summary |
Using the case of the Chixoy Hydroelectric Dam in Guatemala, constructed between 1978 and 1983, this book examines the effects of displacement on the former residents of Río Negro, a community forcibly evicted and nearly eliminated by the military and paramilitary. Using open-ended interview discussions and testimonies, it focuses on this specific incident of displacement and violence and discusses the outcomes 30 years later. Guatemala?s history is plagued by development projects that resulted in displacement, violence, and increased marginalization of its Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. In order to make way for development initiatives such as the production of bananas, African palm, coffee and sugar cane; the extraction of metals such as gold and nickel; or, in this specific case, the construction of a hydroelectric dam, the land-based, predominately Maya campesinos have been systematically uprooted from the lands of their birth and launched into uncertainty. The research findings presented, based on fieldwork conducted from January to April 2009, suggest that the majority of survivors from the massacres that took place are still adversely affected by the destruction of their families and livelihoods. While the circumstances pertaining to this event are unique, similar struggles over land and human rights continue into the present? and if policies remain unchanged, in both international development agencies as well as the Guatemalan government, clashes of this nature only increase in time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 20, 2017) |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
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Genocide -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century
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Energy development -- Government policy -- Guatemala -- History
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Dams -- Guatemala -- History
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Forced migration -- Guatemala
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Physical geography & topography.
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Human geography.
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Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Dams
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Energy development -- Government policy
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Forced migration
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Genocide
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Río Negro (Rabinal, Guatemala) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004108143
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Guatemala -- History -- 1945-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057645
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Guatemala -- History -- 1985- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005472
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Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1945-1985. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057652
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Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1985- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86004386
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Guatemala
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Guatemala -- Rabinal -- Río Negro
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319515113 |
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331951511X |
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