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The Possibility Of Violence Beneath A Thin Veneer Of Civil Society Is A Fact Of Daily Life For Twenty-first-century Guatemalans, From Field Laborers To The President Of The Country. Crisis Of Governance In Maya Guatemala Explores The Causes And Consequences Of Governmental Failure By Focusing On Life In Two K'iche' Maya Communities In The Country's Western Highlands. The Contributors To This Volume, Who Lived Among The Villagers For Some Time, Include Both Undergraduate Students And Distinguished Scholars. They Describe The Ways Mayas Struggle To Survive And Make Sense Of Their Lives, Both Within Their Communities And In Relation To The Politico-economic Institutions Of The Nation And The World. Since Guatemala's Thirty-six-year Civil War Ended In 1996, The State Has Been Dysfunctional, The Country's Economy Precarious, And Physical Safety Uncertain. The Intrusion Of Mexican Cartels Led The U.s. State Department To Declare Guatemala The Epicenter Of The Drug Threat In Central America. Rapid Cultural Change, Weak State Governance, Organized Crime, Pervasive Corruption, And Ethnic Exclusion Provide The Backdrop For The Studies In This Volume. Seven Nuanced Ethnographies Collected Her

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Author

John P. Hawkins (editor), James H. McDonald (editor), Walter Randolph Adams (editor)

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806143453

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Science

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14