The Sandinistas and Nicaragua since 1979 / edited by David Close, Salvador Martí i Puig, Shelley A. McConnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Close, David, 1945-

Martí i Puig, Salvador.

McConnell, Shelley A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.

Nicaragua--Politics and government--1979-1990.

Nicaragua.

Politics and government.

Nicaragua--Politics and government--1990-.

Physical Description:

vi, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.

Summary:

Twelve chapters, presented by Close (political science, Memorial U. of Newfoundland, Canada), Puig (political science, U. of Salamanca, Spain), and McConnell (government, St. Lawrence U., Canada), provide an assessment of the contemporary impact of the Sandinista National Liberation Front--the guerilla group that came to power after the overthrow of the Somoza regime in 1979, ruled until losing elections in 1990, and returned to power through the 2007 elections--on Nicaraguan politics and society. Twelve broadly thematic chapters are presented on the history of the movement, the politics of the Sandinistas as an opposition party, political culture, the politicized judiciary, the electoral system, issues of regional autonomy, Sandinistas and the feminist movement, poverty politics, land reform, and the politics of international solidarity. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781588267986

1588267989

OCLC:

708243810