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

By: Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019Description: xviii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501736056
  • 9781501736063
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Democracy development machineOnline resources:
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index.

"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.

"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.

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