Waves of Protest

Waves of Protest

Popular Struggle in El Salvador, 1925–2005

Paul D. Almeida

Table of Contents

$25.00 paper
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$75.00 cloth
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ISBN-10 0-8166-4931-6

A groundbreaking study of protest movements in El Salvador.

One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the country’s history.

Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida fully chronicles one of the largest and most successful campaigns against globalization and privatization in the Americas. Drawing on original protest data from newspapers and other archival sources, Almeida makes an impassioned argument that regime liberalization organizes civil society and, conversely, acts of state-sponsored repression radicalize society. He correlates the ebb and flow of protest waves to the changes in regime liberalization and subsequent de-democratization and back to liberalization.

Almeida shows how institutional access and competitive elections create opportunity for civic organizations that become radicalized when authoritarianism increases, resulting at times in violent protest campaigns that escalate to revolutionary levels. In doing so, he brings negative political conditions and threats to the forefront as central forces driving social movement activity and popular contention in the developing world.

Paul D. Almeida is assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University.

288 pages | 39 b&w photos, 2 tables | 5 7/8 x 9 | 2008
Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Series, volume 29

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction: El Salvador and Popular Mobilization in the Global South

1. Liberalization, Intimidation, and Globalization
2. Regime Openings and Violent Closings, 1925-1962
3. Renewed Liberalization and Mass Mobilization, 1962-1972
4. The State Giveth and the State Taketh Away (Again), 1972-1981
5. Mobilization by Globalization: El Salvador under Neoliberalism
6. The Sequencing of Third World Struggle

Appendix A. Data and Methods

Notes
Works Cited
Index



Waves of Protest *Popular Struggle in El Salvador, 1925–2005* Paul D. Almeida Table of Contents		$25.00 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4932-7 ISBN-10 0-8166-4932-4 $75.00 cloth ISBN 978-0-8166-4931-0 ISBN-10 0-8166-4931-6
A groundbreaking study of protest movements in El Salvador. One of the first longitudinal studies of collective resistance in the developing world, Waves of Protest examines large-scale contentious action in El Salvador during critical eras in the country’s history. Providing a compelling analysis of the massive waves of protests from the early twentieth century to the present in El Salvador, Paul D. Almeida fully chronicles one of the largest and most successful campaigns against globalization and privatization in the Americas. Drawing on original protest data from newspapers and other archival sources, Almeida makes an impassioned argument that regime liberalization organizes civil society and, conversely, acts of state-sponsored repression radicalize society. He correlates the ebb and flow of protest waves to the changes in regime liberalization and subsequent de-democratization and back to liberalization. Almeida shows how institutional access and competitive elections create opportunity for civic organizations that become radicalized when authoritarianism increases, resulting at times in violent protest campaigns that escalate to revolutionary levels. In doing so, he brings negative political conditions and threats to the forefront as central forces driving social movement activity and popular contention in the developing world. Paul D. Almeida is assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. 288 pages \| 39 b&w photos, 2 tables \| 5 7/8 x 9 \| 2008 Social Movements, Protest, and Contention Series, volume 29 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: El Salvador and Popular Mobilization in the Global South 1. Liberalization, Intimidation, and Globalization 2. Regime Openings and Violent Closings, 1925-1962 3. Renewed Liberalization and Mass Mobilization, 1962-1972 4. The State Giveth and the State Taketh Away (Again), 1972-1981 5. Mobilization by Globalization: El Salvador under Neoliberalism 6. The Sequencing of Third World Struggle Appendix A. Data and Methods Notes Works Cited Index