Democratization Through Peace
The Difficult Case of Guatemala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4956669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susanne Jona, Susanne Jonas (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 9-38 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/166340 |
| OpenAlex | W4256092124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 15 |
The Guatemalan peace process provides an excellent opportunity to revisit a number of discussions about political democratization and social justice in Latin America. It is the premise of this article that fulfillment of the peace accords, particularly on demilitarization, is the necessary precondition for full development of political democracy in Guatemala. The article first summarizes how, beyond ending the war, the peace process has contributed to Guatemala's democratization, and then analyzes the Guatemalan experience since the early 1980s as a means to address some of the broad theoretical debates
Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic Justice · Economics · Latin Americans · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Premise · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America
The Microfoundations of Negotiated Peace
The Role of Indigenous Peoples in Guatemalan Political Advertisements
Cacique for a Neoliberal Age
Democracy, social welfare and political violence
We are citizens too’
Female Empowerment as a Core Driver of Democratic Development
How International Actors Help Enforce Domestic Deals
Peace-building and business elites in Guatemala and El Salvador
Resocializing Suffering
Estado y extracción en la formación social guatemalteca
Participation and Democratic Theory
Elections and Democracy in Central America, Revisited
Elections and democracy in Central America
Dangerous Liaisons
Obstacles to Peacebuilding
Fault Lines of Democracy in Post-Transition Latin America
Guatemala's Postwar Prospects
Dilemmas of Democratization in Latin America
Democracy with Adjectives
Unthinking Social Science
Democracy and Modernization, Thirty Years Later
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |