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

"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"--

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Main Author: Copeland, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Politics and government.
Mayas > Politics and government.
Mayas > Government relations.
Economic history.
Democracy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
Mayas > Guatemala > Relations avec l'État.
Democracy > Guatemala.
Mayas > Guatemala > Government relations.
Mayas > Guatemala > Politics and government.
Guatemala.
Guatemala > Conditions economiques > 1985-
Guatemala > Politique et gouvernement > 1985-
Guatemala > Economic conditions > 1985-
Guatemala > Politics and government > 1985-
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • "They committed no crime" : developing democratic memories
  • Nos falta capacidad : training enterprising selves
  • The capacity for democracy : transforming democratic imaginaries
  • Radical pessimism : neoliberal democratic atmosphere
  • Parties and projects : democratizing sovereign violence
  • Cruel populism : mutilating the people.

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