Chapter four of Advocacy in Conflict, titled ‘The Janus Face of International Activism and Guatemala’s Indigenous Peoples’ written by Roddy Brett. In this chapter, Brett addresses the topic of the development and evolution of indigenous activist movements in Latin America. Specifically discussing how international support has both helped and hindered indigenous actors in Guatemala to claim their rights during the country’s peace process after a brutal civil war that lasted from 1960 to 1996; which had especially horrific effects upon the indigenous peoples of Guatemala. Brett explores how although the financial and political aid of international donors enabled indigenous actors to fight for their human rights, it ultimately put limitations
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Another point of research is that of transnational advocacy networks (TANs) and their role in advocating for human and indigenous rights during the peace process, but how they ultimately neglected to advocate for land reform and peasant rights. Thirdly, he examines the peace process and how it was formatted through the agenda of Liberal Peace politics and how it held contradictory to the politics of the indigenous …show more content…
The way in which Brett critically examines the effectiveness of transnational activism, and presents its strengths and weaknesses gives us an incredible example of how we might weigh the effectiveness of international activism in other areas of the world on varying issues. If we must discuss what social justice is, how it looks in different contexts, and what might determine whether or not those systems brought about more good or more harm, Brett’s example might help us better understand how we might go about that. Not only did he critique and examine the positive and negative result of transnational advocacy in the case of Guatemala, he also went deeper to understand and explain how the issue began and how it was addressed on a national and international level. So not only should we strive to understand and determine whether transnational advocacy could help or hinder an issue, we should strive to understand how that issue came about in the context of is country’s history, culture, and internal
Another point of research is that of transnational advocacy networks (TANs) and their role in advocating for human and indigenous rights during the peace process, but how they ultimately neglected to advocate for land reform and peasant rights. Thirdly, he examines the peace process and how it was formatted through the agenda of Liberal Peace politics and how it held contradictory to the politics of the indigenous …show more content…
The way in which Brett critically examines the effectiveness of transnational activism, and presents its strengths and weaknesses gives us an incredible example of how we might weigh the effectiveness of international activism in other areas of the world on varying issues. If we must discuss what social justice is, how it looks in different contexts, and what might determine whether or not those systems brought about more good or more harm, Brett’s example might help us better understand how we might go about that. Not only did he critique and examine the positive and negative result of transnational advocacy in the case of Guatemala, he also went deeper to understand and explain how the issue began and how it was addressed on a national and international level. So not only should we strive to understand and determine whether transnational advocacy could help or hinder an issue, we should strive to understand how that issue came about in the context of is country’s history, culture, and internal