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Demilitarization and Security in El Salvador and Guatemala: Convergences of Success and Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. Douglas Kincaid
A. Douglas Kincaid*
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Florida International University
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Abstract

The Salvadoran and Guatemalan cases correspond to a new model of public security that is widely shared across Latin America. The more localized processes of demilitarization in the two countries, moreover, appear to share a similar dynamic. In the midst of real reforms, however, the deterioration of public security as directly experienced by much of the population is cause for worry. An examination of the reforms established in the peace accords leads to an interpretation of these experiences in a comparative regional framework.

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 42 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Globalization and Democratization in Guatemala , Winter 2000 , pp. 39 - 58
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Copyright © University of Miami 2000

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