Comparative peace processes in Latin America

Preface Introduction Part I. Case Studies and Issues: 2. From low-intensity war to low-intensity peace: the Nicaraguan peace process 3. Political transition and institutionalisation in El Salvador 4. Peace and democratisation in Guatemala: two parallel processes 5. The peace process in Chiapas: between hope and frustration 6. Negotiating peace amid multiple forms of violence: the protracted search for a settlement to the armed conflicts in Colombia 7. Peace in Peru: an unfinished task 8. The decimation of Peru's Sendero Luminoso 9. Role of the United Nations in El Salvador and Guatemala: a preliminary comparison 10. Between memory and forgetting: Guerillas, the indigenous movement, and legal reform in the time of the EZLN 11. Indigenous identity and rights in the Guatemala peace process Part II. Consolidating Peace and Reform: 12. Truth, justice and reconciliation: lessons for the international community 13. In pursuit of justice and reconciliation: contributions of truth telling 14. Renegotiating internal security: the lessons of Central America 15. Postconflict political economy of Central America 16. Conclusion: lessons learned in comparative perspective Contributions Index.