Civil Society Actors in Peace Negotiations in Central America

• Civil society actors are assumed to play an important part in post-conflict peacebuilding;therefore, the international community pushes for civil society participation already duringpeace negotiations. However, the actual connection between civil society’s participation inthose negotiations and its role in implementation processes remains unclear. Taking theCentral American peace processes of the late 1980s and early 90s as a case study, thisarticle compares civil society participation in peace negotiations and provisions for civilsociety involvement for the implementation phase, with the actual role that the civil societyplayed in the implementation processes in Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. ThearticleKEYWORDS: civil society, peace making, peacebuilding, Central America, peace process

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Other Social Sciences (hsv//eng)

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civil society

Central America

peace negotations

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Peace and Development Studies

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