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Author Copeland, Nicholas, author.

Title The democracy development machine : neoliberalism, radical pessimism, and authoritarian populism in Mayan Guatemala / Nicholas Copeland.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
data file rda
Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Note Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2020).
Language In English.
Subject Mayas -- Guatemala -- Politics and government.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Government relations.
Guatemala -- Politics and government -- 1985-
Guatemala -- Economic conditions -- 1985-
Democracy -- Guatemala.
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Relations avec l'État.
Guatemala -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1985-
Guatemala -- Conditions économiques -- 1985-
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Democracy
Economic history
Mayas -- Government relations
Mayas -- Politics and government
Politics and government
Guatemala
Chronological Term Since 1985
Indexed Term Democracy, development, Mayan politics, neoliberalism, Sampedranos.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Copeland, Nicholas. Democracy development machine. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501736056 (DLC) 2018045106
ISBN 9781501736070 electronic book
1501736078 electronic book
9781501736087 electronic publication/mobi
1501736086
9781501736063
150173606X
1501736051
9781501736056
Standard No. 10.1515/9781501736070 doi
AU@ 000064050809

 
    
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