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Title A Nicaraguan exceptionalism? : debating the legacy of the Sandinista revolution / edited by Hilary Francis.

Publication Info. London : Institute of Latin American Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 187 pages)
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : exceptionalism and agency in Nicaragua's revolutionary heritage / Hilary Francis -- 'We didn't want to be like Somoza's Guardia' : policing, crime and Nicaraguan exceptionalism / Robert Sierakowski -- 'The revolution was so many things' / Fernanda Soto -- Nicaraguan food policy : between self-sufficiency and dependency / Christiane Berth -- On Sandinista ideas of past connections to the Soviet Union and Nicaraguan exceptionalism / Johannes Wilm -- Agrarian reform in Nicaragua in the 1980s : lights and shadows of its legacy / José Luis Rocha -- The difference the revolution made : decision-making in Liberal and Sandinista communities / Hilary Francis -- Grassroots verticalism? : A Comunidad Eclesial de Base in rural Nicaragua / David Cooper -- Nicaraguan legacies: advances and setbacks in feminist and LGBTQ activism / Florence E. Babb -- Conclusion : exceptionalism and Nicaragua's many revolutions / Justin Wolfe.
Note PDF (JSTOR, viewed February 24, 2020).
Summary In recent years, child migrants from Central America have arrived in the United States in unprecedented numbers. But whilst minors from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador make the perilous journey to the north, their Nicaraguan peers have remained in Central America. Nicaragua also enjoys lower murder rates and far fewer gang problems when compared with her neighbours. Why is Nicaragua so different? The present government has promulgated a discourse of Nicaraguan exceptionalism, arguing that Nicaragua is unique thanks to heritage of the 1979 Sandinista revolution. This volume critically interrogates that claim, asking whether the legacy of the revolution is truly exceptional. An interdisciplinary work, the book brings together historians, anthropologists and sociologists to explore the multifarious ways in which the revolutionary past continues to shape public policy - and daily life - in Nicaragua's tumultuous present.
Subject Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
Exceptionalism -- Nicaragua.
National characteristics, Nicaraguan.
Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979.
Nicaragua -- History -- 1979-1990.
Nicaragua -- History -- 1990-
Nicaragua -- Politics and government.
Nicaragua -- Emigration and immigration.
Exceptionnalisme -- Nicaragua.
Nicaraguayens.
Nicaragua -- Histoire -- 1979 (Révolution)
Nicaragua -- Histoire -- 1979-1990.
Nicaragua -- Histoire -- 1990-
Nicaragua -- Politique et gouvernement.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
Politics and government
National characteristics, Nicaraguan
Exceptionalism
Emigration and immigration
Nicaragua https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJgRVq8dCfPh8qbfgyTbVC
Revolution (Nicaragua : 1979) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbkGmVVJqwxFcdF7mm
Chronological Term Since 1979
Genre/Form Essay
essays.
Essays
Discursive works
History
Discursive works.
Essays.
Discours et échanges.
Essais.
Added Author Francis, Hilary, 1979- editor.
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