TY - BOOK AU - Wade,Christine J. TI - Captured peace: elites and peacebuilding in El Salvador T2 - Ohio University research in international studies AV - F1488.5 .W33 2016 U1 - 972.8405/3 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Athens, Ohio PB - Ohio University Press KW - Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (El Salvador) KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Political activity KW - El Salvador KW - History KW - Peace-building KW - Social aspects KW - Social control KW - Political violence KW - Violence KW - Economic aspects KW - Political parties KW - Political participation KW - Politics and government KW - 1992- KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Peacebuilding, Elites, and the Problem of Capture -- Elites and the Salvadoran State -- Making the Captured Peace -- Electoral Politics in the Postwar Era : Parties, Polarization, and Participation -- El Salvador in the Neoliberal Era -- The Politics of Exclusion : Migration, Crime, and Society in the Postwar Era -- Reclaiming the Captured Peace N2 - "El Salvador is widely considered one of the most successful United Nations peacebuilding efforts, but record homicide rates, political polarization, socioeconomic exclusion, and corruption have diminished the quality of peace for many of its citizens. In Captured Peace : Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador, Christine J. Wade adapts the concept of elite capture to expand on the idea of 'captured peace,' explaining how local elites commandeered political, social, and economic affairs before war's end and then used the peace accords to deepen their control in these spheres. While much scholarship has focused on the role of gangs in Salvadoran unrest, Wade draws on an exhaustive range of sources to demonstrate how day-to-day violence is inextricable from the economic and political dimensions. In this in-depth analysis of postwar politics in El Salvador, she highlights the local actors' primary role in peacebuilding and demonstrates the political advantage an incumbent party--in this case, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)--has throughout the peace process and the consequences of this to the quality of peace that results"-- UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4386514 ER -