Power in Transition: The Rise of Guatemala's Industrial Oligarchy, 1871-1994

by Paul J. Dosal

Power in Transition examines the history of the economic elites who engineered Guatemala's return to constitutional rule in June, 1993. Dosal traces the changes in the country's elites from the period of the early industrial prioneers to today's neoliberal reformers.

The inauguration of President Ramiro de Leon Carpio in June, 1993, forms part of a historical process whereby the Guatemalan military is transferring the regins of government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275951367
• ISBN13: 9780275951368
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"