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Revista De Paz Y Conflictos Junio 2012-Mayo 2013 05 Presentación Presentation ISSN: 1988-7221 número Revista de Paz y Conflictos junio 2012-mayo 2013 05 Presentación Presentation La Revista de Paz y Conflictos es una publicación Revista de paz y conflictos is a yearly journal whose anual cuyo objetivo principal es dar a conocer la inves- main goal is to spread the outcomes of worldwide tigación que se realiza en todo el mundo sobre la paz research on peace and conflicts, as well as research y los conflictos, así como sobre campos afines, como within related fields like those of development and los del desarrollo y los derechos humanos. human rights. El carácter interdisciplinar de la revista permite abor- The interdisciplinary character of the journal encou- dar la paz y los conflictos, así como otros contenidos rages the approach to peace, conflict, and other teóricos relacionados con ellos, desde cualquier campo connected areas, from any fields of knowledge. The del saber. Así, la revista está dirigida a todas aquellas journal is, hence, addressed to all those scholars who, personas que con diferente formación académica y albeit having different academic and professional bac- profesional estén interesadas en las temáticas relacio- kgrounds, share their interest in topics related with nadas con la Investigación para la Paz. Peace Research. El Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Univer- The Instituto de la paz y los conflictos (Peace and sidad de Granada, editor científico y encargado de Conflicts Institute)at the University of Granada super- publicar la revista, pretende que esta publicación vises the publication of the journal and looks after its electrónica se convierta en un referente de calidad en scientific value. The Institute aims at establishing a la investigación sobre paz y conflictos, aparezca en high-quality journal, that will be listed in the main los principales índices científicos y alcance la mayor scientific indexes and broadly used and known. For difusión posible. Con este fin, se ha constituido un these goals to be met, we have established an Advisory Consejo Asesor en el que se integran destacados inves- Board, outstanding researchers of diverse geographic tigadores e investigadoras de todo el mundo. and disciplinary origins, to proofread the work. Son, pues, bienvenidas para su evaluación y posible Revista de Paz y Conflictos publishes contributions on publicación las contribuciones de calidad que aborden ideas and research in peace studies broadly defined. las temáticas propias de la revista desde cualquier pers- All contributions from any perspective or origin are pectiva y procedencia. Estas contribuciones pueden welcome. Contributions can be submitted in Spanish, estar redactadas en varios idiomas (español, francés, French, English, Italian and Portuguese. Revista de inglés, italiano y portugués) y pueden consistir en artí- Paz y Conflictos contains several sections which are culos, reseñas, resúmenes de tesis doctorales y de otros open to contributors: articles, book reviews, and Ph.D trabajos de investigación, o documentos de naturaleza theses or research work summaries; there is an addi- diversa (declaraciones, noticias, etc.). Cada contribu- tional section devoted to diverse handouts such as ción será publicada en la sección correspondiente des- relevant news or statements. Contributions will be pués de superar un proceso de evaluación por parte published in the corresponding section on approval by del Consejo Editor y el Consejo Asesor. the Editors Board and the Editorial Advisory Board. Ojalá que, con la ayuda de todos los que nos hagan We hope Revista de Paz y Conflictos to be not only a llegar sus trabajos, esta Revista de Paz y Conflictos lle- reference point for peace research scholars, but also gue a ser no sólo una publicación científica de calidad an useful peace-building tool to develop nonviolent sino, al mismo tiempo, una herramienta útil para la strategies in conflict management. construcción de la paz y el aprendizaje de estrategias noviolentas para el manejo de los conflictos. número 5 año 2012 issn: 1988-7221 número 5 año 2012 issn: 1988-7221 Consejo editorial Dirección Consejo Asesor Directora • Brian Martin. University of Wollongong Carmen Egea Jiménez. Universidad de Granada • Carmen Magallón. Universidad de Zaragoza Secretaria • Chaiwat Satha-Anand. Thammasat University in Bangkok • Charles Villavicencio. University of Cape Town Mari Carmen Mesa Franco. Universidad de Granada • Dan Bar-On. University of Ben Gurion • Eduard Vinyamata. Universidad Oberta de Cataluña • Eduardo Sandoval Forero. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México • Federico Mayor Zaragoza. Fundación para una Cultura de Paz • Felipe Gómez-Isa. Universidad de Deusto • Gema Martín Muñoz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid • Giovanni Scotto. Università di Firenze • Giuliano Pontara. University of Stockholm • Janja Bec. Universidad de Sarajevo • Joaquín Herrera. Universidad Pablo Olavide Consejo de Redacción • José Manuel Pureza. Universidad de Coimbra • Beatriz Molina Rueda. Universidad de Granada • José Mª Tortosa. Universidad de Alicante • Carmelo Pérez Beltrán. Universidad de Granada. • Luc Reychler. Universidad Católica de Lovaina • Francisco Jiménez Bautista. Univ. de Granada • Manuela Mesa. Centro de Educación e Investigación • Francisco Muñoz Muñoz. Universidad de Granada para la Paz • Hilario Ramírez Rodrigo. Universidad de Granada • Marc Howard Ross. Bryn Mawr University • Javier Rodríguez Alcázar. Universidad de Granada • Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez. Universidad de Sevilla • Mario López Martínez. Universidad de Granada • Rachid el Houdaigui. Univ. Abdelmalek Essaâdi de Tánger • Rkia El Mossadeq. University of Fez • Tatyana Dronzina. Universidad de Sofia Consejo de honor • Ursula Oswald. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México • Dan Bar-On. University of Ben Gurion • Vicent Martínez Guzmán. Universitat Jaume I de • Joaquín Herrera. Universidad Pablo Olavide Castellón • Xesus Járes. Universidade da Coruña • Wolfgang Dietrich. University of Innsbruck Sumario Artículos 5 B R, e Bombing of Afghanistan: e Convergence of Media and Political Power to Reduce Outrage ...............................6-19 issn: 1988-7221 M D, La tragedia de la utopía de los Mapuche de año 2012 Chile: reivindicaciones territoriales en los tiempos del neoliberalismo número aplicado .......................................................................................20-43 M W. H, e Obama/Pentagon War Narrative, the Real War and Where Afghan Civilian Deaths Do Matter ............................44-65 J L B, Líbano 1975-1990: ¿teatro de confrontación internacional o fuente de inestabilidad regional? ..........................66-92 D A F P y S Y S, Deconstruir la globalización desde la economía solidaria ...............................93-119 L H G O y M B M, Pobla- ción infantil en situación de desplazamiento forzado en Colombia y sus manifestaciones de ciudadanía ..................................................120-137 Trabajos de investigación 138 A M C L, El capital social en la resolución de confl ictos y creación de desarrollo: el caso nicaragüense ...........139-156 A K, Inmigración bielorrusa en España: estado actual y pers- pectivas ....................................................................................157-172 M G, La herencia religiosa en la Guerra de Bosnia y Herze- govina (1992-1995) .................................................................173-182 Documentación 183 Edita Carta Mundial por el Derecho a la Ciudad ..............................184-196 Instituto de la Paz y los Confl ictos. Universidad de Granada. Carta por el Derecho de las Mujeres a la Ciudad .....................197-208 Contacto Un espacio entre iguales: “El I Seminario Internacional de Investigacion C/ Rector López Argüeta, C.P. 18071 de Pares” ...................................................................................209-211 Granada (España) Tel. +34 958 244 142 Fax. +34 958 248 974 Reseñas 212 e-mail: [email protected] Lopéz Martínez, Mario, Política sin violencia. La noviolencia como Diseño humanización de la política ( M G); Ealham, Chris & Hernán Rojas Michael Richards (eds) España fragmentada. Historia cultural y Gue- Francisco Vega Álvarez rra Civil española, - (R C); Dietrich, Ilustración de portada Wolfgang et al. Peace studies, a cultural perspective (P M- Imagen: AMAN- Francisco Izquierdo ); Díez Jorge, Mª Elena; y Sánchez Romero, Margarita (eds) Fuente: Estampas para la Paz Género y Paz (A A); Ruiz Jiménez, José Ángel, Balcanes, la heri- da abierta de Europa: conflicto y reconstrucción de la convivencia (M G) ...................................................................................213-235 Artículos issn: 1988-7221 The Bombing of Afghanistan: The Convergence of Media and Political Power to Reduce Outrage Los bombardeos sobre Afganistán: la unión de los medios de comunicación y el poder político para mitigar número 5 año 2012 número la indignación de la opinión pública Recibido: 08/12/2010 Brendan Riddick Aceptado: 03/07/2011 [email protected] PhD. Candidate School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication University of Wollongong, Australia Abstract The United States (US)-led war in Afghanistan has resulted in high levels of civilian casualties and human suffering for over nine years. One of the primary causes of this suffering during the first three months of the war came from high altitude bombing led by the US Air Force. Tens of thousands of bombs equal to approximately 14,000 tons were used over Afghanistan in the first three months of the war from October 2001.*
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