Of Centaurs and Doves: Guatemala's Peace Process

Isaacs, Anita; Jonas, Susanne

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“…Research on failed or partial inclusion in peace mediation generally traces resistance from groups holding military, political, economic, and other forms of power in the conflict context and their motivations and strategies (Çuhadar, 2020;Hellmüller, 2019a;Jonas, 2000;Lorch, 2017;Marchetti and Tocci, 2009;World Bank, 2006). Moreover, research on spoiling has explained how conflict parties resort to arms to be included in the peace process or boycott the talks as leverage against their rival conflict parties (Blaydes and de Maio, 2010;Hellmüller 2019a;Paffenholz, 2015a;Stedman, 1997;Zahar, 2010).…”

Section: Inclusivity In Mediation Researchmentioning

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The other side of resistance: Challenges to inclusivity within civil society and the limits of international peace mediation

Pring¹

2022

Cooperation and Conflict

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Research on resistance to the inclusion of civil society in peace mediation focuses on armed parties and elites as sites of resistance. Such focus grounds policies that prescribe various strategies and process designs that mediators could employ. The mediation of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in South Sudan from 2012 to 2015 featured such strategies and attempts at various formats, including strong leverage from South Sudan’s neighbors and top development partners. However, civil society’s inclusion did not fully materialize, and armed clashes continued. Examining this mediation process, this article examines two structural challenges to civil society inclusion under-examined in mediation research. First, divisions within civil society can perpetuate divisions among warring parties and hinder the expected benefits of civil society inclusion. Second, the norms of consent and protecting lives considered definitional in peace mediation prioritize armed parties over civil society, limiting mediators’ ability to promote the latter’s inclusion and potentially encouraging further violence.

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Section: Inclusivity In Mediation Researchmentioning

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The other side of resistance: Challenges to inclusivity within civil society and the limits of international peace mediation

Pring¹

2022

Cooperation and Conflict

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“…Entre las coyunturas históricas que reflejan la intromisión directa de las élites tradicionales destaca la restauración anticomunista de 1954, donde éstas fueron claves en asegurar el financiamiento y apoyo estadounidense para la intervención (Schlesinger y Kinzer, 2005). Otro momento clave en este sentido son los gobiernos pos-transicionales durante los cuales la élite tradicional asumió cargos directos, principalmente para delimitar el margen de las reformas fiscales e impulsar una apertura y transnacionalización de la economía (icefi, 2007;Jonas, 1991).…”

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Un acercamiento ‘integral’ a la forma estatal guatemalteca: descifrando la continuidad hegemónica de las élites

Illmer¹

2022

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Este artículo analiza el predominio de las élites retomando el caso empírico de Guatemala y contribuye a la literatura que busca explicar la resiliencia de órdenes estatales excluyentes. La investigación se apoya en las contribuciones teórico-metodológicas de René Zavaleta y la perspectiva gramsciana del Estado Integral con el objetivo de comprender la hegemonía de las élites en tres dimensiones analíticas: a) la defensa de privilegios a partir del control instrumental sobre los principales procesos y mecanismos institucionales; b) los esfuerzos para integrar de manera subalterna y selectiva a fragmentos de la sociedad civil a sus proyectos; c) la disposición a recurrir a mecanismos estatales y paraestatales violentos para contrarrestar las expresiones antagonistas de la sociedad civil. Se sostiene que la combinación –con un peso cambiante– de estas tres estrategias amparadas en una cultura política que actualiza nociones de diferenciación social y privilegio, permite descifrar con detalle la configuración hegemónica guatemalteca.

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Of Centaurs and Doves: Guatemala's Peace Process

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The other side of resistance: Challenges to inclusivity within civil society and the limits of international peace mediation

The other side of resistance: Challenges to inclusivity within civil society and the limits of international peace mediation

Un acercamiento ‘integral’ a la forma estatal guatemalteca: descifrando la continuidad hegemónica de las élites

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