Discusses the implication of peace negotiations in the political democratization and social justice in Guatemala. Elements of the peace process; Phases of the civil war; Formation of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity; Creation of peace accords; Role of the United Nations Verification Mission on peace accords; Achievement of peace accords. Archdiocese Of Guatemala. 1999. Guatemala, Nev...

Inspired by the recent Democratic National Primary, we consider settings in which the members of a distributed population must balance their individual preferences over candidates with a requirement to quickly achieve collective unity. We formalize such settings as the “Democratic Primary Problem” (DPP) over an undirected graph, whose local structure models the social influences acting on

This paper discusses concepts of command for complex endeavors. The traditional concepts of Unity of Command and Unity of Effort are found wanting, the former because there is no single individual in command of a complex endeavor, the latter because there is often no time to develop the comprehensive plan required, and if there is time, it is nevertheless difficult because different organizatio...

This paper discusses concepts of command for complex endeavors. The traditional concepts of Unity of Command and Unity of Effort are found wanting, the former because there is no single individual in command of a complex endeavor, the latter because there is often no time to develop the comprehensive plan required, and if there is time, it is nevertheless difficult because different organizatio...