The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution
Harry E Vanden editor Gary Prevost editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:25th May '99
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The Sandinista revolution brought dramatic social, economic and political changes to Nicaragua in the 1980s, but in the wake of the electoral defeat of the FSLN in 1990 the revolution has struggled to survive in the face of challenges from the Chamorro administration, the US government, and the International Monetary Fund. Gains of the revolution in health care, education, Atlantic Coast autonomy, agrarian reform, and other areas have been systematically eroded. However, significant efforts have also been mounted, especially in grass roots organizing and by women's organizations, to protect the revolution's achievements. Through a series of articles based on current research, seven experts on contemporary Nicaragua draw a balance sheet on the gains of Sandinista revolution achieved by 1990 and assess the current status of the revolutionary project.
'The book, while assuming some familiarity with context, is sufficiently clear and straightforward in style and content to aid undergraduates in updating and deepening their knowledge of Central America and the Sandinista revolution.' - Choice
'Valuable contribution to the growing corpus of scholarship on contemporary Nicaraguan politics and society, has much to recommend it.' - Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
'. . . a competent synthesis.' - Comparative Politics
'The book, while assuming some familiarity with context, is sufficiently clear and straightforward in style and content to aid undergraduates in updating and deepening their knowledge of Central America and the Sandinista revolution.' - Choice
'Valuable contribution to the growing corpus of scholarship on contemporary Nicaraguan politics and society, has much to recommend it.' - Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
'Prevost and Vanden's edited volume is a competent synthesis whose goal is to explain why the revolution failed and whether the major gains of the revolutionary period were eroded or reversed by the Chamorro government (1990-97) that followed the FSLN.' - Comparative Politics
ISBN: 9780333751992
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226 pages
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