Journeys of Fear

Understanding democracy, human rights, and development in the conflict-ridden societies of the third world is at the heart of Journeys of Fear, a stimulating collection of papers prepared by Canadian and Guatemalan scholars.

Tables and Maps

xi

Preface

xiii

Fear and Hope: Return and Transformation in Historical Perspective

3

(28)

Liisa L. North

Alan B. Simmons

PART ONE PERSPECTIVES ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL-ECONOMIC SETTING

Reflections on the Problems of Democracy in Guatemala

31

(9)

Rene Poitevin

Land and Peace: Two Points of View

40

(17)

Gonzalo De Villa

W. George Lovell

PART TWO NEGOTIATING AND MONITORING THE PEACE: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS

Paradigms of Negotiation and Democratization in Guatemala

57

(17)

Marco Fonseca

Maximizing the Benefits of UN Involvement in the Guatemala Peace Process

74

(21)

Stephen Baranyi

PART THREE LAND, LABOUR, AND MIGRATION

``Somos de la Tierra'': Land and the Guatemalan Refugee Return

95

(17)

Brian Egan

Migration and the Displaced in Guatemala City in the Context of a Flawed National Transformation

112

(18)

Gisela Gellert

Exodus and Return with a Changing Migration System

130

(25)

Manuel Angel Castillo

PART FOUR IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY: GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND PLACE

The Unexpected Consequences of Violence: Rethinking Gender Roles and Ethnicity

155

(21)

M. Gabriela Torres

To Whom Shall the Nation Belong? The Gender and Ethnic Dimension of Refugee Return and the Struggle for Peace in Guatemala

176

(20)

Alison Crosby

Democratization and Popular Women's Organizations

196

(17)

Cathy Blacklock

Guatemalan Refugees and Returnees: Place and Maya Identity

213

(24)

Catherine Nolin Hanlon

PART FIVE NGO NETWORKS AND GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE

Theorizing Accompaniment

237

(18)

Barry Levitt

Canadian Foreign Aid as Support for Human Rights and Democratization in Guatemala

255

(17)

Viviana Patroni

Jim Gronau

Concluding Reflections: Refugee Return, National Transformation, and Neoliberal Restructuring

272

(29)

Liisa L. North

Alan B. Simmons

Appendix: Acronyms

301

(6)

Bibliography

307

(26)

Contributors

333

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