A Nicaraguan Exceptionalism?
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A Nicaraguan Exceptionalism?

Debating the Legacy of the Sandinista Revolution

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A Nicaraguan Exceptionalism?

Debating the Legacy of the Sandinista Revolution

About this book

In recent years, child migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have made the perilous journey to the United States in unprecedented numbers, but their peers in Nicaragua have remained at home. 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 the 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 ā€“ and daily life ā€“ in Nicaragua's tumultuous present.

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Information

Publisher
University of London Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781908857576
eBook ISBN
9781908857781
Topic
History
Subtopic
Spanish Language
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of illustrations
  6. Notes on contributors
  7. Introduction: exceptionalism and agency in Nicaraguaā€™s revolutionary heritage
  8. 1. ā€˜We didnā€™t want to be like Somozaā€™s Guardiaā€™: policing, crime and Nicaraguan exceptionalism
  9. 2. ā€˜The revolution was so many thingsā€™
  10. 3. Nicaraguan food policy: between self-sufficiency and dependency
  11. 4. On Sandinista ideas of past connections to the Soviet Union and Nicaraguan exceptionalism
  12. 5. Agrarian reform in Nicaragua in the 1980s: lights and shadows of its legacy
  13. 6. The difference the revolution made: decision-making in Liberal and Sandinista communities
  14. 7. Grassroots verticalism? A Comunidad Eclesial de Base in rural Nicaragua
  15. 8. Nicaraguan legacies: advances and setbacks in feminist and LGBTQ activism
  16. 9. Conclusion: exceptionalism and Nicaraguaā€™s many revolutions
  17. Index