Research - An Illusion of Omnipotence: U.S. Policy Toward Guatemala, 1954-1960
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 91-126
ISSN: 1531-426X
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In: Latin American politics and society, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 91-126
ISSN: 1531-426X
In: Latin American Politics and Society, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 91
In: Latin American politics and society, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 91-126
ISSN: 1548-2456
AbstractBased primarily on declassified U. S. government documents, this study analyzes the U. S. effort to build a "showcase for democracy" in Guatemala following the U. S.-engineered regime change of 1954. The effort was doomed, for the U.S. government lacked both unity of purpose and the necessary continuous commitment at the top. The documents also demonstrate limited consideration of the sociopolitical constraints that U. S. policy objectives would face. This is clear from examining three key U. S. objectives: to eliminate the "communist threat"; to create a stable, legitimate, democratic government; and to develop a free, independent labor movement. Domination and the limits of power are equally central to understanding the relationship between the Eisenhower administration and Guatemala, a case study that also has more general utility.
In: Middle Eastern studies, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 44-66
ISSN: 1743-7881
In: Middle Eastern studies, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 44
ISSN: 0026-3206
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 58, Heft 2, S. 610-612
ISSN: 1468-2508
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 58, Heft 2, S. 610-612
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: Latin American research review, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 174-187
ISSN: 1542-4278
In: Latin American research review: LARR ; the journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Band 29, Heft 3, S. 174-187
ISSN: 0023-8791
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In: Social science history: the official journal of the Social Science History Association, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 457
ISSN: 1527-8034
In: American political science review, Band 86, Heft 1, S. 169-176
ISSN: 1537-5943
The value of cross-national quantitative studies of the relationship between mass political violence and land inequality is challenged along three lines. First, gross and systematic errors in the political violence data of theWorld Handbook of Political and Social Indicators(the usual data source for empirical studies) render them worthless for Central America at least and probably much of the Third World as well. Second, conceptualizations of land inequality have been too simplistic to be of much theoretical value. Third, the temporal nature of this relationship has been inadequately considered. Responding to such deficiencies, I elaborate a broader understanding of land inequality and provide a fuller discussion of the temporal nature of its relationship to political violence. Throughout, the five nations of Central America are utilized for appropriate case material.
In: American political science review, Band 86, Heft 1, S. 169
ISSN: 0003-0554
In: Comparative politics, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 253
ISSN: 2151-6227
In: Comparative politics, Band 23, Heft 3, S. 253
ISSN: 0010-4159
In: Journal of Latin American studies, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 69-86
ISSN: 1469-767X
For approximately the last two-and-a-half decades it has been a stated goal of both Honduran and U.S. policy to improve the welfare of the Honduran people, both directly through the provision of services and indirectly through the promotion of economic development. The need is great; Honduras has the lowest per capita GNP in Central America ($660 in 1984) and the highest population growth rate (3.4%). It also has the second highest percentage of its population living in rural areas (61%). Consequently, rural development has been a primary concern of development programs.