Nicaragua : : Navigating the Politics of Democracy / / David Close.

Since the 1970s, Nicaragua has experienced four major regime changes—shifts in its fundamental logic, structure, and operational code of governance. What accounts for such instability? Have other states that transitioned to democracy followed a similar path? Considering these questions, David Close...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2016
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
1 Nicaragua’s Political Transitions --
2 Thinking About Regimes --
3 Nicaragua in 1979 --
4 Radical Sandinismo and the Vanguard Regime --
5 Electoral Democracy, 1984–2000 --
6 Power-Sharing Duopoly, 2000–2011 --
7 Dominant Power and Personalistic Rule, 2011–Present --
8 Putting Nicaragua in Perspective --
Bibliography --
Index --
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Summary:Since the 1970s, Nicaragua has experienced four major regime changes—shifts in its fundamental logic, structure, and operational code of governance. What accounts for such instability? Have other states that transitioned to democracy followed a similar path? Considering these questions, David Close explores the dynamics of Nicaragua's movements toward and away from democracy since 1979.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781626374737
9783110783575
DOI:10.1515/9781626374737
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: David Close.