Alternative Pathways to Peace and Development in Rural Chiapas, Mexico

The concept of peacebuilding holds enormous importance for international relations, particularly in regions facing impending violent conflict and those recovering from such conflict. However, in order for peacebuilding to be a viable alternative to traditional peace operations, scholars and practitioners need to have a shared understanding of what peacebuilding is and what goals it hopes to achieve, in addition to fluid strategies for implementation. This dissertation seeks to identify strategies for building sustainable peace through sustainable community development and democratization. Using a qualitative metasynthesis of five ethnographies conducted in Chiapas Mexico, this dissertation develops mid-range theories, or strategies, for building peace in Chiapas and in regions experiencing low-intensity conflict more generally. These strategies are based upon the development of Pluriethnic collective governance at the local level in regions that are experiencing low-intensity conflict related to indigenous communities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Public and International Affairs

Department dc:contributor.department

Public and International Affairs

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Hollinger, Keith H.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Rothschild, Joyce

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Schulz, Markus
• Stephenson, Max O. Jr.
• Stivachtis, Yannis A.

• Peacebuilding
• Mestizaje
• Zapatismo
• bottom-up peace
• peace operations
• peacekeeping
• sustainable peace
• counterinsurgency warfare
• low intensity conflict
• new wars
• rebellion
• conflict analysis
• conflict prevention
• disaster management
• Chiapas
• Mexico
• EZLN
• Zapatistas
• Indígenas
• indigenous
• campesinos
• peasants
• economic development
• community resilience
• resilient communities
• sustainable development
• bottom-up development
• collective development
• collective democracy
• democratization
• sustainable democracy
• indigenismo

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-05172011-235932

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/37820