Globalization on the Ground Postbellum Guatemalan Democracy and Development

by Chase-Dunn, Christopher; Amaro, Nelson; Jonas, Susanne; Booth, John A.; Bunker, Stephen G.; Chase-Dunn, Christopher; Kincaid, A Douglas; Manning, Susan; Portes, Alejandro; Richards, Julia; Richards, Michael; Robinson, William I.; Rosenthal, Gert; Serech,

• ISBN13: 9780742508675
• ISBN10: 0742508676
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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