Psychological Experiences of the Guatemalan Civil War and postwar Violence on a Kaqchikel Community:An Exploratory Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Priscilla Dass-Brailsford ◽  
Dipana Jain ◽  
Ana Alicia Cóbar ◽  
Maria Cecilia Arriaza ◽  
Maria del Pilar Grazioso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Psychological Experiences ◽  
Guatemalan Civil War

scholarly journals The Settlement experience of Salvadoran refugees

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Escobar Olivo
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Structuration Theory ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Canadian Government

This narrative qualitative study explored the lived experiences of Salvadoran refugees who came to Canada after fleeing the civil war in El Salvador. The research aimed to examine the experience of Salvadoran refugees who arrived between 1980 and 1992. During this period, the Canadian government enacted special measures which allowed for Salvadorans to seek refuge in Canada. The experiences shared by participants explored their experience with the traumas of war, migration and eventual settlement in Toronto. The theoretical framework drew on the coloniality of power and structuration theory. These experiences were considered within a broader context of what it meant to be a Salvadoran refugee in Toronto, both in ongoing connections to their country of origin and their country of settlement over thirty years later. The narratives of the participants provide insights into the complex negotiations into the experiences of refugees forced to flee and reorient themselves in a new society. Key words: Salvadoran, refugees, experiences, civil war, identity, Latinx, Toronto

Explaining State Violence in the Guatemalan Civil War: Rebel Threat and Counterinsurgency

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-71
Author(s):  
Yuichi Kubota
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Matching ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Response Model ◽  
The Government ◽  
Guatemalan Civil War ◽  
Human Injury

AbstractLiterature on the Guatemalan Civil War has debated whether or not state violence was triggered by rebel activities. Did the government respond to each insurrection caused by the rebels, or did it blindly target regions where antigovernment antipathy and movements had historically prevailed? Because state violence was extensive during the civil war period, the dynamism of the war could have been the reason for its occurrence. Relying on the threat-response model of state violence, this article argues that human rights violations occurred when the government perceived a rebel threat that would have seriously degraded its capability in future counterinsurgencies. The article employs propensity score matching to address the problem of confounding in empirical analysis, and reveals that rebel attacks, particularly those targeting security apparatus and resulting in human injury, increased the likelihood of state violence in the Guatemalan Civil War.

Psychological experiences of patients with chronic pain: A qualitative study

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Barekatain ◽  
Hasan Labbaf ◽  
SeyedAkbar Nilipour Tabatabayi ◽  
Samaneh Talaei
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Psychological Experiences

Voting for a Killer: Efraín Ríos Montt’s Return to Politics in Democratic Guatemala

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Bateson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil War ◽  
The State ◽  
Important Case ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Political Strategy ◽  
Guatemalan Civil War

From 1982 to 1983, General Efraín Ríos Montt presided over an especially bloody period of the Guatemalan civil war. Under Ríos Montt’s watch, the state killed approximately 75,000 of its own citizens. Yet less than a decade later, the former dictator emerged as one of the most popular politicians in newly democratic Guatemala. How did a gross human rights violator stage such an improbable comeback? Using process tracing, I argue that Ríos Montt’s trajectory is best explained by his embrace of populism as his core political strategy. This analysis deepens our knowledge of an important case, while shedding light on broader questions about how and when actors with profoundly undemocratic values can hijack democracy for their own ends.

‘It's Not Gossip, It's True’: Denunciation and Social Control during the Guatemalan Armed Conflict (1970–85)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Joren F. Janssens
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
The Face ◽  
Guatemalan Civil War ◽  
Voluntary Character ◽  
National Police ◽  
Strategic Motives ◽  
New Strategies ◽  
Archival Study

Abstract Practices of denunciation are at once ubiquitous and marginalised in literature on the Guatemalan armed conflict. Meanwhile, ordinary Guatemalans who spontaneously denounced neighbours, former friends and fellow villagers have largely escaped scrutiny in scholarly work on low-level perpetrators. Departing from untapped confidential documents in the Historical Archive of the National Police, this article provides the first archival study of denunciatory behaviour during the Guatemalan Civil War, specifically at the height of the conflict (1970–85). This contribution reveals both the strategic considerations that spurred state intelligence apparatuses to elicit civilian information as well as the broad range of personal, opportunistic and strategic motives that drove civilians to denounce. The case study questions scholarly consensus on the spontaneous and voluntary character of denunciation by arguing that besides providing novel pathways for opportunistic action, denunciations also opened up new strategies for survival in the face of a civil war that structured available choices.

Post-war, peri-youth: Physical and social remnants of the Tajik Civil War in childhood environments

Childhood ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-353
Author(s):  
Ellen A Ahlness
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Role Physical ◽  
Space Construction ◽  
Post War ◽  
Physical Dimensions

Militarism shaped the physical dimensions of childhood in Tajikistan during the Tajik Civil War (1993–1997). Even in civilian zones, children interacted with military artifacts during daily play: children made slingshots from gas masks, played on rubble, and constructed whistles from bullets. Through a qualitative study exploring space construction and normalization among Tajik youth, the article examines the role physical remnants of militarism played in their childhoods. The analysis of their narratives explores how youth navigate and understand environments shaped by conflict.

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