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The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution

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Editors:
  1. Gary Prevost

    1. Department of Political Science, St John’s University, USA

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  2. Harry E. Vanden

    1. Department of Government and International Affairs, Caribbean and Latin American Studies Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Gary Prevost, Harry E. Vanden
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Status of the Sandinista Revolutionary Project

    • Gary Prevost
    Pages 9-44

  4. Democracy Derailed: The 1990 Elections and After

    • Harry E. Vanden
    Pages 45-73

  5. Structural Adjustment and Resistance: The Political Economy of Nicaragua under Chamorro

    • Richard Stahler-Sholk
    Pages 74-113

  6. Nicaragua’s Transition of State Power: Through Feminist Lenses

    • Cynthia Chavez Metoyer
    Pages 114-140

  7. The Evolution of the Popular Organizations in Nicaragua

    • Pierre M. LaRamée, Erica G. Polakoff
    Pages 141-206

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 207-226
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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.

Reviews

'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

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, St John’s University, USA

    Gary Prevost

  • Department of Government and International Affairs, Caribbean and Latin American Studies Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA

    Harry E. Vanden

About the editors

RICHARD STAHLER-SHOLK Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College, California CYNTHIA CHAVEZ METOYER Assistant Professor, California State University PIERRE M. LA RAMEE Director of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA), New York ERICA G. POLAKOFF Assistant Professor of Sociology and Sociology Coordinator, Bloomfield College, New Jersey

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