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Democratization Through Peace: The Difficult Case of Guatemala

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Susanne Jonas
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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.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 42 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Globalization and Democratization in Guatemala , Winter 2000 , pp. 9 - 38
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Copyright © University of Miami 2000

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