Center for InterAmerican Studies

Productive Failure? Security Governance Reform in Post-war Guatemala.

Markus Hochmüller (FU Berlin).

After the end of Guatemala's civil war in 1996, the government, their international partners, and experts from across the globe tried to rebuild the country's notorious security sector. Despite all these efforts, Guatemala remains one of the world’s most violent countries where security institutions remain weak. In this talk, Markus Hochmüller explores Guatemala's security governance reform process to explain why and how politicians, bureaucrats, and experts fight over the way security is governed – and to what effect. Tracing the struggles between competing camps of Guatemala's transnational security reform field, Hochmüller shows that failure can be beneficial to the actors of the field, as, for instance, shortcomings in previous reform cycles provide opportunities to a new generation of reformers to engage with security governance in novel ways.

We are cordially inviting to in our closing IAS colloquium for the winter term on Tuesday, January 23rd, from 18 to 20hrs (CET). Room: U2-139 (Main Building) //

¡Lxs invitamos cordialmente a nuestro úlitmo coloquio del semestre de invierno, el martes 23 de enero de 18 a 20hrs (CET)! Salón: U2-139 (Edificio Principal)