Omar Sanchez-Sibony is professor of political science at Texas State University.

This wide-ranging new assessment of Guatemala’s troubled political scene draws on the expertise of ten prominent social scientists. Each contributor examines an aspect of the national predicament through a suitably selected analytical lens. The results are illuminating in two respects—they deepen our understanding of Guatemalan contemporary realities while also testing, and, where relevant, modifying comparative schemas in the light of evidence from this intractable case.

• 1. Guatemala’s Protracted Inchoate Stateness2. The Coup Trap in Guatemala3. Civil-Military Relations: Is the Guatemalan Military a Democratic Institution?4. A Durable but Impoverished Peace: Evaluating 25 Years of Peacebuilding in Guatemala5. Subnational Authoritarianism in Guatemala: A Consolidated Phenomenon6. Social Movements and Contention in Guatemala: Tarrow’s Power in Movement Reexamined7. Economic Growth and the Twilight of Neoliberalism in Guatemala8. Is Guatemalan Capitalism Hierarchical?9. Corruption as a Political Problem in Guatemala: Incentives and Institutions10. Understanding the Level and Fate of Democracy in Guatemala: Actor-centered Theory

Omar Sanchez-Sibony is professor of political science at Texas State University.

This wide-ranging new assessment of Guatemala’s troubled political scene draws on the expertise of ten prominent social scientists. Each contributor examines an aspect of the national predicament through a suitably selected analytical lens. The results are illuminating in two respects—they deepen our understanding of Guatemalan contemporary realities while also testing, and, where relevant, modifying comparative schemas in the light of evidence from this intractable case.

• 1. Guatemala’s Protracted Inchoate Stateness2. The Coup Trap in Guatemala3. Civil-Military Relations: Is the Guatemalan Military a Democratic Institution?4. A Durable but Impoverished Peace: Evaluating 25 Years of Peacebuilding in Guatemala5. Subnational Authoritarianism in Guatemala: A Consolidated Phenomenon6. Social Movements and Contention in Guatemala: Tarrow’s Power in Movement Reexamined7. Economic Growth and the Twilight of Neoliberalism in Guatemala8. Is Guatemalan Capitalism Hierarchical?9. Corruption as a Political Problem in Guatemala: Incentives and Institutions10. Understanding the Level and Fate of Democracy in Guatemala: Actor-centered Theory