Democratic Institutions in Guatemala

Omar Sanchez-Sibony

doi:10.5771/9781666910070

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1006-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1007-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 478
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. The “Democratization via Elections” Thesis No access
2. 1. Undemocratic Political Culture No access
  2. 1. Low Electoral Turnouts No access
3. 1. 1. Open Door to Narco Money No access
  2. 1. Guatemalan Electoral Vehicles as Rent-Seeking Actors No access
    2. Corollary: The Impotence and Degradation of the Guatemalan Left in Power No access
  3. 1. Undemocratic Presidential Leadership No access
  4. Opacity of Political Supply: Guatemala as a Complex Political Environment No access
4. A Captured State and a Captured Economy: Foreclosing Policy Alternatives No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. 1. Plan of the Book No access
7. Note No access
8. References No access
1. The Linzian Pessimistic Outlook on Presidentialism and Its Critics No access
2. Presidential Instability and Party Institutionalization No access
3. 1. Guatemala’s Nonexistent Parties (i): Ruling versus Opposition Forces No access
  2. Guatemala’s Nonexistent Parties (II): The Relevance of Non-Party Players No access
4. 1. Guatemala’s Semi-Democratic Period and the “Serranazo” (1985–1996) No access
  2. Presidential Stability and Virtually Nonexistent Parties (1993–2012) No access
  3. The Scandal-Ridden Presidency of Otto Pérez Molina and His Fall from Office No access
  4. Jimmy Morales: A True Outsider No access
5. Government Stability and Parties’ Perceived Behavior toward Presidents No access
6. Theoretical Lessons from the Guatemalan Case No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
1. 1. Corruption No access
  2. Clientelism No access
  3. Impunity No access
2. 1. Traditional Parties and First Generation No access
  2. The Second Generation No access
  3. The Third Generation: Electoral Vehicles No access
  4. Next Generation? No access
  5. Party Generations and Illicit Networks (RPEIs) No access
3. Guatemala’s Congress and Illicit Networks No access
4. 1. Accumulation of Political Power No access
  2. Accumulation of Economic Power No access
  3. Impunity No access
5. 1. Illicit Activities No access
  2. Pursuing Impunity No access
6. Theoretical Lessons from the Guatemalan Case No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
9. References No access
1. 1. The Correlates of Congruence No access
2. 1. Ideological and Policy Congruence No access
  2. Priority Congruence No access
3. 1. Ideological Congruence No access
  2. Policy Congruence No access
  3. Priority Congruence No access
4. The Broader Implications of Studying Congruence in Guatemala No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. 1. In Guatemala, Judicialization Has Occurred in Waves No access
  2. The First Wave: The Conflict over Fiscal Reform in 1987–1988 No access
  3. The Second Wave: Consolidation of the Constitutional Court After the Serranazo No access
  4. The Third Wave: Elite Conflict over Economic Policy No access
  5. The Fourth Wave: Lots of Cases, but No Unifying Theme No access
  6. The Fifth Wave: Judicialization Against the Establishment No access
2. Who Are the Actors that Drive the Constitutional Court to Action? No access
3. Why Does the Court’s Activity Vary over Time? No access
4. The Guatemalan Case: Theoretical Implications No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. Theoretical Perspectives on Institutional Weakness and Institutional Reform No access
2. 1. Institutional Instability: The Guatemalan Judiciary and the Rule of Law No access
3. Noncompliance with Institutions: Anti-Corruption Efforts and Impunity No access
4. Institutional “Window Dressing?” The Femicide Courts No access
5. Theoretical Lessons from Guatemala No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Note No access
8. References No access
1. What Is Political Culture and How Is It Assessed? No access
2. 1. The Dependent Variable: Political Culture No access
  2. The Independent Variable: Education No access
3. 1. 1. Diffuse Support for Democracy and Its Institutions No access
    2. Specific Support for Institutions of Representative Democracy No access
    3. Support for Authoritarian Measures No access
  2. Integration into the Political Process No access
  3. Knowledge of the Political System No access
  4. Respect Toward the Rights and Beliefs of Other Citizens No access
4. 1. The Statistical Regression Model No access
  2. Analysis and Findings No access
  3. Discussion of Results No access
  4. Other Relevant Variables No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. Insights from the Criminal Subversion of Democracy in Mexico No access
2. 1. Regional Context and Narcotrafficking No access
  2. Candidate Selection and Deterrence No access
  3. Decisiveness of Elections No access
  4. Narrowing the Public Debate No access
  5. Voter Intimidation No access
  6. The Role of Gang Violence in Guatemala No access
  7. Public Disillusionment with Democracy No access
3. 1. Structural Factors No access
  2. The Rise and Fall of CICIG No access
  3. The Giammattei Administration and the 2023 Election No access
4. Lessons from the Criminal Threat to Democracy in Guatemala No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. INTRODUCTION: Key Features of the Guatemalan Party Universe No access
2. 1. Political Personal Brands in Guatemala No access
3. Organizational Cohesion: The Logic of Factionalism and Splits No access
4. 1. Authoritarian Successor Parties in Guatemala No access
  2. A Failed Insurgent Successor Party: The UNRG No access
5. Party Entropy and Self-Destruction No access
6. The Role of Uncertainty No access
7. 1. Legacies of Conflict and the Counterinsurgency Regime No access
  2. State Weakness and Incumbent Disadvantage No access
  3. Attitudinal Landscape: A Negative Legitimacy Environment No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. References No access
1. Theories About the Electoral Rise of the Latin American left No access
2. 1. Encounter for Guatemala No access
  2. Movement for the Liberation of Peoples No access
  3. Movimiento Semilla No access
3. 1. The UNE on the Campaign Trail No access
  2. The UNE in Government (2008–2012) No access
4. Applying the Levitsky-Roberts and Cleary’s Frameworks to Guatemala No access
5. 1. Structural Explanations: Disadvantages in Political Financing No access
  2. Structural Explanations: Lawfare No access
  3. Structural Explanations: Regime Legacies No access
  4. Agential Explanations: Candidate Selection No access
  5. Agential Explanations: Failure to Advance Indigenous Concerns No access
6. 1. The Guatemalan left in 2024 No access
7. References No access
1. The Theory: Standard Strategies in the Repertoire of the Political Right No access
2. The Right and Democracy in Contemporary Guatemala No access
3. 1. The PAN: The “Modernizing” Right in Office (1995–1999) No access
  2. The Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (FRG): The Populist Right Confronting the Oligarchy (2000–2003) No access
  3. The Partido Patriota: A Right-Wing Criminal Enterprise No access
4. 1. Oscar Berger (2003–2007): The Oligarchy in Office No access
  2. Jimmy Morales FCN: Military Officers and Emergent Capital Behind a Political Outsider No access
5. 1. The 1985 Constitution: Protecting the Oligarchy No access
  2. The Constitutional Court No access
6. Theoretical Lessons from the Case of Guatemala No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. References No access
1. Matching Surveys to Measure Congruence No access
2. 1. Ideological Congruence No access
  2. Issue Congruence No access
  3. Priority Congruence No access
3. Issue Priorities Congruence in Guatemala No access
Index No access Pages 453 - 472
About the Contributors No access Pages 473 - 478