Describing the human consequences of economic globalization, and its impact on existing communities, 14 essays describe the future of Guatemalan development, the relationship between democracy and demilitarization, indigenous movements for social change, and theories of development. An appendix summarizes the accord on identity and the rights of indigenous peoples. Contributors include political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, economists, scholars of Latino studies, and USAID workers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Globalization on the Ground brings together the thinking of a group of concerned scholars on the problems of the development of democracy in the post-civil war era. Four of the contributors are Guatemalans with long records of understanding the dynamics of their country, and the remainder are North Americans, most of whom are longtime observers. The authors pose questions and issues that speak to the difficulties currently confronting Guatemala. -- Richard Adams, University of Texas An impressive overview of key issues necessary to understanding contemporary Guatemala in historicaland to some extent regionalcontext. It is in bringing these reflections together in one place, and in English, that the book makes its single most important contribution. It is as up-to-date, comprehensive and consistently intelligent a treatment as have in English of any single Central American country. * Latin American Politics and Society * For scholars interested in the prospects for democracy and development in Guatemala, this book represents a uniquely important contribution. * Contemporary Sociology * Globalization on the Ground offers us an in-depth picture of the prospects and difficulties of a democratic transition in Guatemala following its civil war. Its story, told by Guatemalan and U.S. scholars, has lessons about power and ethnicity applicable around the globe, and should be read by far more than the area specialists. It is the story of the uncertain hopes of our current world scene. -- Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel Center, Yale University
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
Nelson Amaro is dean of the Social Sciences Faculty and director of the Master Degree on Development at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Christopher Chase-Dunn is professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California, Rverside. Susanne Jonas has been a expert on Guatemala for 34 years and is the author, most recently, ofCentaurs and Doves: Guatemala's Peace Process she is professor of Latin American & Latino studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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