Control, politics and identity in the Angolan Civil War
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 111, Heft 444, S. 442-465
ISSN: 1468-2621
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In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 111, Heft 444, S. 442-465
ISSN: 1468-2621
In: Computers, environment and urban systems, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 283-303
In: Computers, environment and urban systems: CEUS ; an international journal, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 283-304
ISSN: 0198-9715
In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 17, Heft 2, S. 116-117
ISSN: 1470-9856
In: International affairs, Band 74, Heft 3, S. 587-616
ISSN: 0020-5850
In: Global society: journal of interdisciplinary international relations, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 177-196
ISSN: 1360-0826
NOW THAT CENTRAL AMERICA HAS EMERGED FROM A DECADE OF INTERNAL WARS, THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (IFI) ARE MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO INDUCE MODERNIZATION FROM THE OUTSIDE. IN THIS ESSAY, THE AUTHOR ASKS TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THE (IFI) ABLE TO FOSTER AND INFLUENCE INTERNAL SOCIO-HISTORICAL PROCESSES THAT TRADITIONALLY HAVE TAKEN GENERATIONS TO UNFOLD AND IF THE PROJECT OF MODERNIZATION FROM THE OUTSIDE IS FEASIBLE OR DESIRABLE. SHE EXPLORES THE CONTRADICTIONS AND DIFFICULTIES IMPLICIT IN SUCH A PROJECT AND LOOKS CLOSELY AT THE RECENT INITIATIVES ARISING OUT OF THE PEACE ACCORD IN GUATEMALA. SHE ARGUES THAT THE MODERNIZATION IMPETUS REMAINS HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC IN EL SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA DESPITE CONSIDERABLE IFI FUNDING, AND CIVIL SOCIETY DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED IN THOSE COUNTRIES. HOWEVER, THE SYSTEMATIC IFI ATTENTION ON GUATEMALA HAS THE BENEFIT OF LEARNING FROM MISTAKES IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES AND IS ALSO OCCURRING AT A TIME WHEN THE IFI APPEAR, AT LEAST, TO BE MOVING BEYOND THE RHETORICAL NATURE OF THEIR EARLIER STATEMENTS.
In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 17, Heft 1, S. 116-117
ISSN: 1470-9856
In: Democratization, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 57-83
ISSN: 1351-0347
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In: Development in practice, Band 7, Heft 4, S. 438-455
ISSN: 0961-4524
In: Bulletin of Latin American research: the journal of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS), Band 14, Heft 3, S. 416-417
ISSN: 1470-9856
In: The world today, Band 41, Heft 12, S. 225-227
ISSN: 0043-9134
World Affairs Online
In: Science and public policy: journal of the Science Policy Foundation, Band 43, Heft 2, S. 192-195
ISSN: 1471-5430
In: The British journal of social work, Band 41, Heft 8, S. 1424-1441
ISSN: 1468-263X
In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 670-687
ISSN: 1548-1433
In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 21, Heft 3, S. 223-234
ISSN: 1548-1433