ElSalvador - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • Country Profile
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • SPANISH CONQUEST AND COLONIZATION
  • EL SALVADOR AND THE UNITED PROVINCES OF CENTRAL AMERICA
  • THE COFFEE REPUBLIC
  • Economic Crisis and Repression
  • REPRESSION AND REFORM UNDER MILITARY RULE
  • THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS: A CENTRIST ALTERNATIVE?
  • The 1969 War with Honduras
  • Dashed Hopes: The 1972 Elections
  • THE 1970s: THE ROAD TO REVOLT
  • THE REFORMIST COUP OF 1979
  • THE CIVIL CONFLICT BEGINS
  • THE UNITED STATES TAKES A HAND
  • THE "DEMOCRATIC PROCESS"
  • Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • Geology
  • Physical Features
  • Climate
  • POPULATION
  • Demographic Trends
  • Population Growth and Age Distribution
  • THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY
  • The Upper Sector
  • The Lower Sector
  • The Middle Sector
  • Indians
  • RURAL LIFE
  • Health and Welfare
  • Education
  • MIGRATION
  • URBAN LIFE
  • Urbanization
  • Quality of Life
  • SOCIAL DYNAMICS
  • Agrarian Reform
  • Revolutionary Groups
  • The Role of Religion
  • Chapter 3. The Economy
  • GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • Income Distribution
  • Sectors of the Economy
  • The Labor Force
  • ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
  • Monetary and Credit Policies
  • The Banking System
  • The Tax System
  • Fiscal Policy and the Budget Process
  • Allocation of Government Expenditures
  • Utilities and Communications
  • Health, Education, and Entitlements
  • Public Enterprises
  • AGRICULTURE
  • The Land Tenure System
  • Major Crops and Commodities
  • Sugar
  • Cotton
  • Basic Grains
  • Livestock
  • Forestry
  • INDUSTRY
  • Manufacturing
  • Other Leading Industries
  • INFRASTRUCTURE
  • Transportation
  • Communications
  • Energy
  • FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
  • Trade and Trade Policy
  • Direct Foreign Investment and External Debt
  • Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
  • The Constitution of 1983
  • The Document
  • GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS
  • The Executive
  • The Legislature
  • The Judiciary
  • The Military
  • Local Government
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS
  • The Electoral Process
  • Political Parties
  • Nationalist Republican Alliance
  • National Conciliation Party
  • Left-Wing Parties
  • Other Parties
  • Interest Groups
  • Labor and Campesino Groups
  • The Roman Catholic Church
  • Mass Communications
  • FOREIGN RELATIONS
  • The Crisis in Central America
  • The Contadora Process
  • The Arias Plan
  • Relations with Other Nations
  • Chapter 5. National Security
  • EVOLUTION OF THE MILITARY'S ROLE IN SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT
  • The Military in Power, 1931-84
  • The Military under Democratic Rule, 1984-88
  • THE ARMED FORCES
  • Defense Budget
  • Military Service
  • Ranks, Uniforms, and Insignia
  • Capabilities
  • The Air Force
  • The Navy
  • Civic Action
  • EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND RULES OF CONDUCT
  • Officer Corps Dynamics
  • Military Justice
  • FOREIGN MILITARY INFLUENCE AND ASSISTANCE
  • THE SECURITY FORCES
  • Mission and Organization
  • FOREIGN SECURITY ASSISTANCE
  • THREATS TO INTERNAL SECURITY
  • Right-Wing Extremism
  • Curbing the Death Squads
  • Left-Wing Extremism
  • Insurgent Organization
  • Peace Talks
  • Counterinsurgency Tactics
  • CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
  • Judicial Ineffectiveness
  • Judicial Reform
  • Penal and Procedural Codes
  • The Penal System

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