ch. 14 (the emotional benefits of insurgency in El Salvador, Wood)

Question 1

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Answer 1

Conducts a case study on campesinos to see why they joined SM

This chapter presents an account of peasant political mobilization in El Salvador, which emphasizes the emotional benefits of participation, a particular kind of in-process benefit, as the key to understanding the willingness of campesinos to support the SM

Emotional in process benefits- includes fear and pride in agency

Most people joined because of fear or because this was the only way to obtain some resources even though they did not support the SM

In the article she argues that the risk for these peasants to align with the SM far outweighed the benefits of joining; because of that she argued that the emotional benefits, moral outrage and pride in the agency contributed to the peasants’ decision

Question 2

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Answer 2

In the article she argues that the risk for these peasants to align with the SM far outweighed the benefits of joining; because of that she argued that the emotional benefits, moral outrage and pride in the agency contributed to the peasants’ decision