State modernization and democracy: Colombia and Guatemala (1960-1971) in comparative perspective
This article compares how state modernization took place in Colombia and Guatemala in the 1960s, problematizing its relationship with democracy. To carry out the research, the concepts of state modernization and democracy were operationalized, posing their relationships based on the study of context...
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Universidad Nacional del Litoral
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/Contenciosa/article/view/13839 |
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| Sumario: | This article compares how state modernization took place in Colombia and Guatemala in the 1960s, problematizing its relationship with democracy. To carry out the research, the concepts of state modernization and democracy were operationalized, posing their relationships based on the study of contexts, discourses and reforms. For the collection of information, primary and secondary sources were reviewed; the archives consulted were: the General Archive of the Nation and the Luis Angel Arango Library, in Colombia; and the General Archive of Central America and the National Library, in Guatemala; in addition to the U.S. National Archive. It is concluded that the modernization of the State transformed the political system from a capitalist logic of the traditional order, allowing openings in social services and the creation of a middle class, but also maintained cohesion from democratic control within the framework of traditional parties and groups with logics of social control. |
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