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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (282 p.) : 6 b&w halftones, 1 mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501736070
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.81 23
LOC classification:
  • F1435.3.P7 C67 2019
  • F1435.3.P7 C67 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A Transition to Misery -- 1. "They Committed No Crime": Developing Democratic Memories -- 2. Nos Falta Capacidad: Training Enterprising Selves -- 3. The Capacity for Democracy: Transforming Democratic Imaginaries -- 4. Radical Pessimism: Neoliberal Democratic Atmosphere -- 5. Parties and Projects: Democratizing Sovereign Violence -- 6. Cruel Populism: Mutilating the People -- Conclusion: Reorienting Democracy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: Nicholas Copeland sheds new light on rural politics in Guatemala and across neoliberal and post-conflict settings in The Democracy Development Machine. This historical ethnography examines how governmentalized spaces of democracy and development fell short, enabling and disfiguring an ethnic Mayan resurgence.In a passionate and politically engaged book, Copeland argues that the transition to democracy in Guatemalan Mayan communities has led to a troubling paradox. He finds that while liberal democracy is celebrated in most of the world as the ideal, it can subvert political desires and channel them into illiberal spaces. As a result, Copeland explores alternative ways of imagining liberal democracy and economic and social amelioration in a traumatized and highly unequal society as it strives to transition from war and authoritarian rule to open elections and free-market democracy.The Democracy Development Machine follows Guatemala's transition, reflects on Mayan involvement in politics during and after the conflict, and provides novel ways to link democratic development with economic and political development.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A Transition to Misery -- 1. "They Committed No Crime": Developing Democratic Memories -- 2. Nos Falta Capacidad: Training Enterprising Selves -- 3. The Capacity for Democracy: Transforming Democratic Imaginaries -- 4. Radical Pessimism: Neoliberal Democratic Atmosphere -- 5. Parties and Projects: Democratizing Sovereign Violence -- 6. Cruel Populism: Mutilating the People -- Conclusion: Reorienting Democracy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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Nicholas Copeland sheds new light on rural politics in Guatemala and across neoliberal and post-conflict settings in The Democracy Development Machine. This historical ethnography examines how governmentalized spaces of democracy and development fell short, enabling and disfiguring an ethnic Mayan resurgence.In a passionate and politically engaged book, Copeland argues that the transition to democracy in Guatemalan Mayan communities has led to a troubling paradox. He finds that while liberal democracy is celebrated in most of the world as the ideal, it can subvert political desires and channel them into illiberal spaces. As a result, Copeland explores alternative ways of imagining liberal democracy and economic and social amelioration in a traumatized and highly unequal society as it strives to transition from war and authoritarian rule to open elections and free-market democracy.The Democracy Development Machine follows Guatemala's transition, reflects on Mayan involvement in politics during and after the conflict, and provides novel ways to link democratic development with economic and political development.

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