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Civil Resistance and Violent Conflict in Latin America


Civil Resistance and Violent Conflict in Latin America

Mobilizing for Rights
Studies of the Americas

von: Cécile Mouly, Esperanza Hernández Delgado

128,39 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 21.01.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9783030050337
Sprache: englisch

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This book explores distinct forms of civil resistance in situations of violent conflict in cases across Latin America, drawing important lessons learned for nonviolent struggles in the region and beyond. The authors analyse campaigns against armed actors in situations of internal armed conflict, against private sector companies that seek to exploit natural resources, and against the state in defence of housing rights, to cite only some scenarios of violent conflict in which people in Latin America have organized to resist imposition by powerful actors and/or confront violence and oppression. Each of the nine cases studied looks at the violent context in which civil resistance took place, its modality, its results and the factors that influenced these, as well as the challenges faced, offering useful insights for scholars and practitioners alike.
<div>1.&nbsp;Introduction: Civil Resistance in Contexts of Violent Conflict in Latin America: Leveraging Power to Defend One’s Rights.- 2.&nbsp;The Civil Resistance of Yaqui and Guarijio in Sonora, Mexico: Meanings, Scope and Challenges.- 3.&nbsp;A Rebellion of Spirituality: On the Power of Indigenous Civil Resistance in Honduras.- 4.&nbsp;Qué Diría Carlos? The ‘No al Canal’ Movement and the Rhetoric of Resistance to Nicaragua’s ‘Grand Canal’.- 5.&nbsp;Venezuelan Struggle towards Democratization: The 2017 Civil Resistance Campaign.- 6.&nbsp;Alternative Forms of Civilian Noncooperation with Armed Groups: The Case of Samaniego in Colombia.- 7.&nbsp;Civil Resistance and Peacebuilding: The Experience of the Peasant Worker Association of the Carare River.- 8.&nbsp;Nonviolent Resistance in the Struggle for Housing in Urban Areas of Brazil: The Direct Action of the Roofless Workers’ Movement.- 9.&nbsp;Frames in Conflict: Discursive Contestation and the Transformation of Resistance.- 10.&nbsp;Nonviolent Resistance in Plurinational Bolivia: The TIPNIS Case.- 11.&nbsp;Conclusion: Civil Resistance in Latin America: A Viable Alternative for Ordinary People to Defend their Rights.</div>
<div><b>Cécile Mouly</b> is Research Professor at FLACSO Ecuador and a practitioner specializing in peace and conflict studies. Her publications include various articles on civil resistance in the context of armed conflict, and the role of civil society in peacebuilding.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Esperanza Hernández Delgado</b> is Doctor in Peace, Conflict and Democracy, Research Professor at the University of La Salle, Colombia, and consultant on local peace initiatives, civil resistance, mediations in the Colombian armed conflict, peace processes and peace education.&nbsp;<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
This book explores distinct forms of civil resistance in situations of violent conflict in cases across Latin America, drawing important lessons learned for nonviolent struggles in the region and beyond. The authors analyze campaigns against armed actors in situations of internal armed conflict, against private sector companies that seek to exploit natural resources, and against the state in defence of housing rights, bringing to light violent conflict in which people in Latin America have organized to resist imposition by powerful actors and/or confront violence and oppression. Each of the nine cases studied looks at the violent context in which civil resistance took place, its modality, its results and the factors that influenced these, as well as the challenges faced, offering useful insights for scholars and practitioners alike.<div><br></div><div><div><b>Cécile Mouly</b>&nbsp;is Research Professor at FLACSO Ecuador and a practitioner specializing in peace and conflict studies. Herpublications include various articles on civil resistance in the context of armed conflict, and the role of civil society in peacebuilding.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Esperanza Hernández Delgado</b>&nbsp;is Professor at the University of La Salle, Colombia, and peace researcher, lecturer and consultant on local peace initiatives, civil resistance, mediations in the Colombian armed conflict, peace processes and peace education.&nbsp;</div></div>
Helps identify new trends in the phenomenon of civil resistance, for instance against the exploitation of natural resources Looks at the modality in which civil resistance has taken place, its results and the factors that have influenced these, as well as the challenges faced Discusses cases of civil resistance that have occurred in four main types of contexts – armed conflict, authoritarian regimes, exploitation of natural resources and land grabbing – where opponents have shown their readiness to use violence against resisters
“The case studies of this riveting volume are each written by country experts, disclosing widely diverging Latin American nonviolent struggles, many ongoing. With varying methodologies, the book’s specialists strive for discrimination in analyzing campaigns against targeted groups ranging from the state to the private sector (both national and foreign corporations), and including violent non-state opponents in guerrilla groups, paramilitaries, and private security firms. Developing relationships with primary actors in their chosen civil resistance campaigns, their rigorous fieldwork and interviewing in the site of action makes this an important work of stirring insights. It belongs on the desk of every instructor on international politics, contemporary Latin American studies, and in the satchel of each student of civil resistance.” (Mary Elizabeth King, Director, James Lawson Institute, and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University for Peace, Costa Rica)<p>“This book is a genuine tour-de-force and finest effort to analyze and present nonviolent resistance across Latin America. At this point in time, there is no better reading companion shining the light of wisdom on the richness of nonviolent campaigns and movements in the region than this unique volume. The editors and authors of this impressive volume must be commended for having gathered and recorded the stories and cases of nonviolent struggles across the region that students, educators, practitioners and activists in Latin America and beyond can now use in their learning, teaching, training, community work, and activism. This book gives us new knowledge about the civil resistance practice in Latin America but also hope and optimism about nonviolent endeavor and resilience of many in the region.” (Maciej Bartkowski, Senior Director for Education and Research at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, USA)<br></p>

<p>“Based on single-case and comparative analysis of a wide spectrum of socio-political nonviolent campaigns across Latin America, this book offers much welcome innovative empirical data on several essential components of civil resistance. Its contributors uncover the various mechanisms through which civil resistance by grievance groups can leverage power and redress power asymmetry against injustice or violence by the state, multinational companies or non-state armed groups, especially over material resources such as land and natural resources. The book also sheds light on under-researched areas of enquiry within nonviolent action scholarship, from spirituality and discursive power to the added value of synergizing civil resistance with institutional action. It will be of great empirical and conceptual value to students, scholars and activists alike, both within Latin America and beyond.” (Véronique Dudouet,<b> </b>Research Programme Director, Berghof Foundation, Berlin)<br></p>