'Paz, progreso, justicia y honradez': Law and citizenship in Alta Verapaz during the regime of Jorge Ubico

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-302

  Sieder, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Gender; Law; Maya; Rights; State formation

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POLITICAL HISTORY; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

GUATEMALA;

EID: 0034091318     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3050(00)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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