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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524854603321

Autore

Copeland Nicholas

Titolo

The Democracy Development Machine : Neoliberalism, Radical Pessimism, and Authoritarian Populism in Mayan Guatemala / / Nicholas Copeland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cornell University Press, 2019

Ithaca, New York : , : Cornell University Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5017-3607-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ( xviii, 260 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

972.81

Soggetti

Democracy - Guatemala

Mayas - Guatemala - Government relations

Mayas - Guatemala - Politics and government

Guatemala Economic conditions 1985-

Guatemala Politics and government 1985-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--