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Title Undermining the state from within [electronic resource] : the institutional legacies of civil war in Central America / Rachel A. Schwartz.
Author Schwartz, Rachel A., 1988-
Publication Info. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : undermining the state in civil war -- Theorizing wartime institutional change and survival -- Civil war in Central America -- The wartime institutionalization of customs fraud in Guatemala -- Ordering police violence : extrajudicial killing in wartime Guatemala -- Land and counterinsurgency : rewriting the rules of agrarian reform in Nicaragua -- Transition, peace, and postwar power in Central America -- Guatemala : the persistence of customs fraud -- Guatemala : the persistence of extrajudicial killing -- Nicaragua : chronic instability in postwar institutions -- Conclusion : the institutional legacies of civil war.
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Summary "This book is for audiences interested in Latin America and the long-term legacies of civil war more generally. Using archives and in-depth interviews, it provides a captivating narrative of how counterinsurgency in Central America distorted government functioning, breeding long-term patterns of corruption and criminality that burden the region today"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Civil war -- Central America -- History.
Counterinsurgency -- Central America -- History.
Political corruption -- Central America.
Extrajudicial executions -- Central America.
Land reform -- Corrupt practices -- Central America.
Central America -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Related To Online version: Schwartz, Rachel A., 1988- Undermining the state from within Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009219907 (DLC) 2022043288
ISBN 9781009219938 (hardback)
9781009219891 (paperback)
9781009219907 (epub)
OCLC # sseb_ssj0002779488
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