Globalization on the Ground Postbellum Guatemalan Democracy and Development,9780742508675

Globalization on the Ground Postbellum Guatemalan Democracy and Development

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ISBN13: 9780742508675
ISBN10: 0742508676
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-04-25
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This book presents research, analysis, and reflections on the major issues of Guatemalan development and democracy: the role of the military, the involvement of Mayan communities in national development, the possible emergence of more inclusive political institutions and the roles of international forces and agencies in Guatemalan social change. The chapters in this book are written by some of the most prominent scholars and public policy experts from Guatemala and the United States.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Part I: The Future of Guatemalan Development
Guatemalan Development and Democratization: Past, Present, and Future
3(6)
Susanne Jonas
Christopher Chase-Dunn
Development and Equity: The Agenda for the Twenty-First Century
9(12)
Gert Rosenthal
Part II: Democracy, Demilitarization, and the State
Global Forces and Regime Change: Guatemala within the Central American Context
21(28)
John A. Booth
Democratization through Peace
49(34)
Susanne Jonas
Decentralization, Local Government, and Citizen Participation: Unsolved Problems in the Guatemalan Democratization Process
83(18)
Nelson Amaro
Demilitarization and Security in El Salvador and Guatemala: Convergences of Success and Crisis
101(18)
A. Douglas Kincaid
Democracy and the Market in Guatemala
119(10)
Edelberto Torres Rivas
Coffee and the Guatemalan State
129(16)
Stephen G. Bunker
Part III: Indigenous Movements and Social Change
Pan-Mayanism and the Guatemalan Peace Process
145(22)
Kay B. Warren
Development of Globalization in the Mayan Population of Guatemala
167(10)
Jose Serech
Linguistic Diversity, Interculturalism, and Democracy
177(12)
Michael Richards
Julia Richards
Part IV: Globalization on the Ground
Neoliberalism, the Global Elite, and the Guatemalan Transition: A Critical Macrosocial Analysis
189(18)
William I. Robinson
Globalization form Below in Guatemala
207(22)
Christopher Chase-Dunn
Susan Manning
Theories of Development and Their Application to Small Countries
229(12)
Alejandro Portes
Appendix: Summary of the Accord on Identity and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 241(4)
Index 245(6)
About the Contributors 251

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