Grassroots Peacemaking: The Paradox of Reconciliation in El Salvador

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Abstract

The article explores reconciliation between ex-combatants in El Salvador's civil war and attitudes towards such reconciliation by various sectors of Salvadoran society. Topics include state-led reconciliation commissions and the process of publicly addressing human rights violations; social conflict and the influence of causative factors in promoting closure; and re-creating social networks.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)69-86
Number of pages18
JournalSocial Justice
Volume41
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Reconciliation
  • Grassroots movements
  • Human rights violations
  • Closure (Psychology)
  • Social conflict
  • Government policy
  • Social history
  • Civil war reconstruction
  • El Salvadoran history, 1979-1992
  • Salvadorans

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