A Proposed Seminar on Guatemalan Development and Democratization: Proactive Responses to Globalization; Guatemala, August 21-23, 1997

9724082 Chase-Dunn美洲项目奖金将资助一个关于危地马拉发展和民主化的研讨会，重点是积极应对全球化。组织者是马里兰州巴尔的摩市约翰霍普金斯大学的Christopher Chase-Dunn博士和危地马拉市瓜地马拉德尔瓦莱大学的Nelson Amaro博士。讨论会将汇集来自美国和危地马拉的社会科学家和政策专家，在其比较区域和全球范围内提出对危地马拉社会变革轨迹的研究和分析。主要目的是在不断变化的全球限制和机会的背景下，进一步就危地马拉经济发展和民主化问题进行与政策有关的社会科学研究。研究人员将评价危地马拉社会各阶层的参与者以及对促进危地马拉民主和发展感兴趣的国外人士应考虑的对各种力量作出的一系列积极反应。危地马拉是中美洲最大的国家，也是最后一个通过谈判结束内战的国家。和平进程在危地马拉历史上创造了一个重要时刻。以前被排斥的群体正在成为制定发展和民主化政策的法律和体制进程的参与者。虽然在危地马拉被认为是民主国家大家庭的一个正式成员之前，这一进程还有很长的路要走，但最近事态发展的方向是明确的。一个新的多民族国家承认其最贫穷和最弱小公民的文化、政治和经济权利的前景，几十年来第一次真正成为可能。讨论会的重点将是在今后二十年中最突出的问题及其可能的解决办法。结果的传播将有助于社会科学家分享观点和制定研究战略，这些战略与有助于解决战后危地马拉出现的问题的政策有关。* * *

9724082 Chase-Dunn This Americas Program award will fund a seminar on Guatemalan development and democratization, focusing on proactive responses to globalization. Organizers are Dr. Christopher Chase-Dunn, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., and Dr. Nelson Amaro, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala. The seminar will bring together social scientists and policy experts from the United States and Guatemala, to present research and analyses of the trajectory of Guatemalan social change in its comparative regional and global context. The main purpose is to further policy-relevant social scientific research on the issues of Guatemalan economic development and democratization in the context of changing global constraints and opportunities. Researchers will evaluate a range of proactive responses to forces that should be considered by participants from all sectors of Guatemalan society, as well as by those abroad who are interested in facilitating Guatemalan democracy and development. Guatemala is the largest country in Central America, and the last to negotiate an end to civil war. The peace process has created an important moment in Guatemalan history. Formerly excluded groups are becoming participants in legal and institutional processes for formulating policies of development and democratization. While the process still has a long way to go before Guatemala can be considered a full-fledged member of the family of democratic nations, the direction of recent developments is clear. The prospect of a new multiethnic nation that recognizes the cultural, political and economic rights of its poorest and least powerful citizens is a real possibility for the first time in decades. The focus of the seminar will be on the most salient problems and their potential solutions during the next two decades. The dissemination of the results will help social scientists share perspectives and formulate research strategies that are relevant for policies that can contribute to resolving the emergent problems in post-war Guatemala. ***