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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Copeland, Nicholas, author.

tive, Virginia Tech as part of the TOME initia, Author.

Contributor:

tive, funder.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Guatemala.

Democracy.

Mayas--Guatemala--Government relations.

Mayas.

Mayas--Guatemala--Politics and government.

Guatemala--Economic conditions--1985-.

Guatemala.

Guatemala--Politics and government--1985-.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

Cornell University Press 2019

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Nicholas Copeland is Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at Virginia Tech. He is an H. F. Guggenheim Fellow and co-author of The World of Wal-Mart.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

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

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5017-3607-8

OCLC:

1111388013