Abstract
Excerpt: Rachel M. McCleary, professor of international studies at Johns Hopkins University, and a newcomer to the field of Guatemalan studies, seeks to explain Guatemala's transition from authoritarian to democratic government. Intrigued by President Jorge Serrano Elias's autogolpe in May 1993, McCleary initiated her research with a Fulbright grant in 1994, determined to discover how Guatemala engineered a transition from authoritarianism to democracy. (cont.)