2019
DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2019.1561635
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Peace-building and business elites in Guatemala and El Salvador: explaining the discursive ‘institutional turn’

Abstract: The local business elites of El Salvador were generally in favour of the peace agreement and supported its negotiation and implementation in 1992, while in Guatemala the private sector reluctantly supported the peace process and, after the peace agreements were signed in 1996, the private sector sought to obstruct parts of its implementation. In the aftermath of the peace accords, business elites united around an ideology espousing a minimal state and a focus on market solutions to social problems. Although we… Show more

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“…However, it is likely that the content of these policies or the extent to which they result from elite pressure, vary. In the following paragraphs, drawing on Bull and Aguilar-Støen (2019), Cárdenas, Robles Rivera and Martínez-Vallejo (2020), Robles Rivera (2014), Sánchez-Ancochea and Puig (2013 and Segovia (2005), we explore elite reactions during COVID-19, focusing on Central America, a region in which the elites have had recognized influence (see table 3). An early comparison of elite group's responses to policies to address the pandemic suggests a high correlation between the responses and their access to government as well as ethnicity (Pérez-Sáinz, 2016;Sánchez-Ancochea and Martínez-Franzoni, 2020).…”
Section: Elite and Government Reactions To Redistribution During The Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…However, it is likely that the content of these policies or the extent to which they result from elite pressure, vary. In the following paragraphs, drawing on Bull and Aguilar-Støen (2019), Cárdenas, Robles Rivera and Martínez-Vallejo (2020), Robles Rivera (2014), Sánchez-Ancochea and Puig (2013 and Segovia (2005), we explore elite reactions during COVID-19, focusing on Central America, a region in which the elites have had recognized influence (see table 3). An early comparison of elite group's responses to policies to address the pandemic suggests a high correlation between the responses and their access to government as well as ethnicity (Pérez-Sáinz, 2016;Sánchez-Ancochea and Martínez-Franzoni, 2020).…”
Section: Elite and Government Reactions To Redistribution During The Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Guatemala and Honduras, elite networks and family-owned diversified business groups have played a crucial role shaping the political agenda (Bull, Castellacci and Kasahara, 2014). In these countries, elites have historically been severely opposed to tax reforms and any State expansion, despite recent recognition of the importance of State institutions (Bull and Aguilar-Støen, 2019). As a result, tax levels are still the lowest in Latin America (OECD and others, 2020).…”
Section: Elite and Government Reactions To Redistribution During The Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En Guatemala y en Honduras, las redes de élites y los grupos empresariales diversificados en manos de familias han desempeñado un papel crucial en la definición de la agenda política (Bull, Castellacci y Kasahara, 2014). En estos países, tradicionalmente las élites se han opuesto con vehemencia a las reformas fiscales y a cualquier iniciativa de expansión estatal, pese al reciente reconocimiento de la importancia de las instituciones del Estado (Bull y Aguilar-Støen, 2019). Como resultado, los niveles de tributación siguen siendo los más bajos en América Latina (OCDE y otros, 2020).…”
Section: Reacciones De Las éLites Y De Los Gobiernos Ante Las Iniciativas De Redistribución Durante La Pandemia De Covid-19unclassified
“…Otras formas de intervención corporativa dentro de la esfera de desarrollo económico son los proyectos de emprendimiento y los programas de formación para el empleo o programas pedagógicos. El emprendimiento empodera a las comunidades en regiones de postconflicto (Bedoya-Dorado et al, 2020;Bull & Aguilar-Støen, 2019;Ravina-Ripoll et al, 2020;Yoosuf & Premaratne, 2017) y origina ganancias a partir de las actividades productivas y oportunidades laborales que mejoran el nivel de vida tanto de gestores como de comunidades (Pitre-Redondo et al, 2017;Sanders & Weitzel, 2013). Además, les permite fortalecer los vínculos sociales entre socios comerciales, gobiernos y ONG mediante redes de negocios y la creación de alianzas para desarrollar nuevas habilidades (Hayward & Magennis, 2014;Menchero, 2018;Medina & Miklian, 2020;Miklian & Medina, 2018;Rettberg, 2016;Yoosuf & Premaratne, 2017).…”
Section: Fomento Al Desarrollo Económicounclassified
“…La mayor parte de los proyectos de emprendimiento pueden categorizarse como acciones de construcción de paz indirectas. Sin embargo, algunas iniciativas surgen con el propósito de hacer frente a coyunturas propias del conflicto, como los proyectos de apoyo a la producción y comercialización de productos fabricados por reinsertados (Bull & Aguilar-Støen, 2019;Rettberg, 2016), el empoderamiento de mujeres jóvenes en contextos de discriminación (Anugwom, 2011;Banks, 2016), y redes de colaboración emprendedora entre actores del conflicto, las cuales inciden positivamente en la actitud de los individuos frente a su adversario (Ledbetter, 2016;Tobias & Boudreaux, 2011).…”
Section: Fomento Al Desarrollo Económicounclassified