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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Close, David, 1945- editor.

Martí i Puig, Salvador, editor.

McConnell, Shelley A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.

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

Nicaragua.

Nicaragua--Politics and government--1990-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive assessment of the impact of the Sandinista movement on Nicaragua and its politics since the 1979 revolution.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""1-The Sandinistas and Nicaragua Since 1979""; ""Nicaraguan History: A Primer""; ""The First Sandinista Government, 1979�1990""; ""The Right Regnant, 1990�2006""; ""The Second Sandinista Administration""; ""Conclusion""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""Notes""; ""2-The FSLN and Sandinismo""; ""The Beginnings: Between the Rule and the Exception""; ""Mobilization and Insurrection""; ""Sandinismo in Power""; ""Expulsion from Power""; ""Learning to Be an Opposition Party""; ""From 1996 to 2006: Ortega Commands the FSLN, and Pact Making Pays Off""

""The FSLN�s Return to Power""""Notes""; ""3-The Politics of Opposition""; ""Table 3.1 Nicaraguan Presidential Election Results, 1984�2006""; ""Sandinistas and Anti-Sandinistas""; ""The Politics of Opposition""; ""The Somozas: The Original Anti-Sandinistas""; ""The Sandinistas Govern""; ""Sandinistas and Anti-Sandinistas Since 2006""; ""Notes""; ""4-Political Culture""; ""The Revolutionary Decade""; ""From Revolutionary Sandinismo to Resigned Pragmatism, 1990�2006""; ""The 1996 Elections: A Political Defeat Degenerates into a Moral Defeat""; ""The 2001 Elections""

""The 2006 Elections""""Quo Vadis FSLN? Quo Vadis Nicaragua?""; ""Notes""; ""5-A Politicized Judiciary""; ""The Path of Judicial Counterreform""; ""The Performance of the Supreme Court""; ""Figure 5.1 Perceived Probability of Bribing Judges in Latin America""; ""Figure 5.2 Poster Announcing a Protest Against Recent Supreme Court Decisions""; ""Table 5.1 Nicaraguan Judicial Independence Evaluated by Government and Opposition, 2002""; ""Why Justice Is Politicized on the Nicaraguan Supreme Court""; ""The Supreme Court: Mirroring Nicaragua�s Political Elite""

""Table 5.2 Composition of Nicaragua Supreme Court, 2009""""Table 5.3 Political Forces Represented on the Nicaraguan Supreme Court, 2009""; ""Conclusion: Confirming the Political Kidnapping of Judicial Institutions""; ""Notes""; ""6-The Uncertain Evolution of the Electoral System""; ""The First Sandinista Elections""; ""Figure 6.1 1984 Legislative Elections, Seats by Party""; ""The Electoral System in the 1990s""; ""Figure 6.2 1990 Legislative Elections, Seats Won by Party""; ""Figure 6.3 1996 Legislative Elections, Seats Won by Party""; ""The Electoral System in the Twenty-First Century""

""Figure 6.4 2001 Legislative Elections, Seats Won by Party""""Figure 6.5 2006 Legislative Elections, Seats Won by Party""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""7-Regional Autonomy on the Caribbean Coast""; ""Nicaragua and Its Caribbean Coast: Divergent Historical Trajectories""; ""The History of Autonomy and the Coast Society""; ""Table 7.1 Perceptions of the Regional Governments� Performance and of the Autonomous Regime""; ""The FSLN and YATAMA: Old Enemies, New Allies""; ""Table 7.2 2006 Regional Elections Results in Both Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast""

""Challenges: A Confined Autonomy""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-160-1