The Violence of Democracy

Demonstrates anthropology's ability to contribute to the study of democracy-making and explores how the notion of democracy can be imbued with diverse meanings
Ethnographically examines citizens' practices and political subjectivities in the context of a post-war, liberal market democracy
Sheds light on the complexity of endemic violence in El Salvador and the relationship of this violence to the country's gray domains of politics

Auteur
Ainhoa Montoya is Lecturer in Latin American Studies and ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.

Contenu

1. Introduction .- 2. The Fallacy of the Telos of Transition .- 3. The Postwar Gray Zone of Politics .- 4. Neoliberalization and the Violence Within .- 5. War Reenactment through Elections .- 6. Memory Work in the Aftermath of War .- 7. The 2009 Shift .- 8. Conclusion.- 9. Epilogue.