Guatemala and Honduras, future liberal democracies? : A comparative qualitative case study based on Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan's arenas.

This essay aims to investigate and analyse the extent to which there are conditions in Guatemala and Honduras to introduce liberal democracy, how the countries conditions differ and to draw conclusions about which country that has the most conditions and thus is the most likely to introduce liberal democracy. The theoretical framework that this essay is based on is Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan's four arenas; civil society, political society, the rule of law and the state bureaucracy. In order to reach the purpose, a comparative case study was done. The conclusions of this essay shows that both countries have, to some extent, conditions to introduce liberal democracy, however they also lack conditions within other areas.