Globalization on the Ground: Postbellum Guatemalan Democracy and Development
by Jonas, Susanne, Robinson, William I., Manning, Susan, Richards, Michael, Bunker, Stephen G., Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Booth, John A., Amaro, Nelson, Kincaid, A. Douglas, Portes, Alejandro, Richards, Julia, Rosenthal, Gert, Serech, José, Torres, Edelberto, Warren, Kay B.
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 rol…
A contemporary history of Guatemala's thirty-year civil war--the longest and bloodiest in the hemisphere--this book pulls aside the veil of secrecy that has obscured the origins of the war. Using a structural analysis that takes critical events and changes in the nation's econom…
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword, Edelberto Torres Rivas -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theoretical Considerations and Guatemalan Realities -- Major Protagonists and Themes of the Battle for Guatemala -- Notes -- PART 1 Revolution and Counterr…
