Demanding Democracy: Reform and Reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s-1950s

Abstract

1. Introduction Part I. The Liberal Authoritarian Period, 1870s-1940s: 2. Between building states and agricultural export markets Part II. The Democratic and Social Reform Period, 1940s-1950s: 3. Demanding democracy 4. Addressing the social question 5. Organizing labor Part III. From Reform to Reaction: Democracy Versus Authoritarianism: 6. From opposition to regime-founding coalitions 7. Enduring regimes Notes Bibliography Index.