TY - BOOK AU - Copeland,Nicholas ED - Project Muse. TI - The Democracy Development Machine: Neoliberalism, Radical Pessimism, and Authoritarian Populism in Mayan Guatemala SN - 9781501736070 AV - F1435.3.P7 C67 2019 U1 - 972.81 23 PB - Cornell University Press KW - Democracy KW - Guatemala KW - Mayas KW - Government relations KW - Politics and government KW - Economic conditions KW - 1985- KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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; Open Access N2 - "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"-- UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/65028/ ER -