Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Softcover

Wood, Elisabeth Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521010500 ISBN 13: 9780521010504

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Elisabeth Wood's account of insurgent collective action in El Salvador is based on oral histories gathered from peasants who supported the insurgency and those who did not, as well as on interviews with military commanders from both sides. She explains how widespread support among rural people for the leftist insurgency during the civil war in El Salvador challenges conventional interpretations of collective action. Those who supplied tortillas, information, and other aid to guerillas took mortal risks and yet stood to gain no more than those who did not.

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Book Description:

Widespread support among rural people for the leftist insurgency during the civil war in El Salvador challenges conventional interpretations of collective action. Those who supplied tortillas, information, and other aid to guerillas took mortal risks and yet stood to gain no more than those who did not. Wood's explanation is based on oral histories gathered from peasants who supported the insurgency and those who did not over a period of many years, and interviews with military commanders of both sides.

About the Author:

Elisabeth Jean Wood is Professor of Political Science at Yale University and Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521010500
• ISBN 13: 9780521010504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332