The Democracy Development Machine Neoliberalism, Radical Pessimism, and Authoritarian Populism in Mayan Guatemala /
Nicholas Copeland.
- 1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages) : illustrations ;
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.
"They committed no crime" : developing democratic memory -- "Nos falta capacidad" : training enterprising selves -- The capacity for democracy -- Radical pessimism : neoliberal democratic atmosphere -- Parties and projects : democratizing sovereign violence -- Cruel populism.
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"Examines how democracy and development operate alongside violence as a governing assemblage and how this 'machine' both articulated and derailed the struggles for empowerment of rural Mayas in Guatemala"--
9781501736070 1501736078
Democracy--Guatemala. Mayas--Government relations.--Guatemala Mayas--Politics and government.--Guatemala
Guatemala--Economic conditions--1985- Guatemala--Politics and government--1985-