Learning Democracy: Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990-2001 - Couverture souple

Anderson, Leslie E.; Dodd, Lawrence C.

 
9780226019727: Learning Democracy: Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990-2001
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0226019721 ISBN 13 : 9780226019727
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2005

Synopsis

Historically, Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Learning Democracy tells the story of how Nicaragua overcame an authoritarian government and American interventionism by engaging in an electoral revolution that solidified its democratic self-governance.

By analyzing nationwide surveys conducted during the 1990, 1996, and 2001 Nicaraguan presidential elections, Leslie E. Anderson and Lawrence C. Dodd provide insight into one of the most unexpected and intriguing recent advancements in third world politics. They offer a balanced account of the voting patterns and forward-thinking decisions that led Nicaraguans to first support the reformist Sandinista revolutionaries only to replace them with a conservative democratic regime a few years later. Addressing issues largely unexamined in Latin American studies, Learning Democracy is a unique and probing look at how the country's mass electorate moved beyond revolutionary struggle to establish a more stable democratic government by realizing the vital role of citizens in democratization processes.

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À propos de l?auteur

Leslie E. Anderson is associate professor of political science at the University of Florida. She is the author of The Political Economy of the Modern Peasant, Social Capital in Developing Democracies: Nicaragua and Argentina Compared, and Democratization by Institutions: Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226019721
ISBN 13 
9780226019727
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
386
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Personne responsable
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9780226019710: Learning Democracy: Citizen Engagement And Electoral Choice In Nicaragua, 1990-2001

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ISBN 10 :  0226019713 ISBN 13 :  9780226019710
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2005
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