Waves of Protest : Popular Struggle in El Salvador, 1925-2005

Acknowledgments ix Acronyms xi Introduction: El Salvador and Popular Mobilization in the Global South 1 1. Liberalization, Intimidation, and Globalization 11 2. Regime Openings and Violent Closings, 1925-62 35 3. Renewed Liberalization and Mass Mobilization, 1962-72 70 4. The State Giveth and the State Taketh Away (Again), 1972-81 103 5. Mobilization by Globalization: El Salvador under Neoliberalism 174 6. The Sequencing of Third World Struggle 209 Appendix: Data and Methods 219 Notes 227 Works Cited 259 Index 285