Grassroots Peacemaking: The Paradox of Reconciliation in El Salvador

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 con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Velásquez Estrada, Ruth Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Social justice
Year: 2014, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 69-86
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Social History
Salvadorans
Social Conflict
Closure (Psychology)
human rights violations
Grassroots movements
El Salvadoran history, 1979-1992
Civil war reconstruction
Reconciliation
Government Policy
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Summary: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.