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

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

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 260 pages)
	data file rda
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.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
	Democracy. (OCoLC)fst00890077
	Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
	Mayas -- Government relations. (OCoLC)fst01012802
	Mayas -- Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01012822
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Guatemala. (OCoLC)fst01205154
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
Chronological Term	Since 1985
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
Standard No.	10.1515/9781501736070 doi

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