Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

xvii, 308 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Cambridge studies in comparative politics

Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index.

The puzzle of insurgent collective action -- Ethnographic research in the shadow of civil war -- Redrawing the boundaries of class and citizenship -- From political mobilization to armed insurgency -- The political foundations of dual sovereignty -- The re-emergence of civil society -- Campesino accounts of insurgent participation -- Explaining insurgent collective action -- Epilogue: legacies of an agrarian insurgency -- Appendix: A model of high-risk collective action by subordinate social actors -- Chronology of El Salvador's civil war.

El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992.

Insurgency -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th century.

Peasants -- Political activity -- El Salvador -- History -- 20th century.

War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- El Salvador.

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