"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