Nicaragua's Conservative Republic, 1858-93

Arturo J.Cruz, Jr argues that political learning, trust-building, and institutional innovation by political elites broke Nicaragua's post-colonial cycle of anarchy and petty despotism, leaving in its place an increasingly inclusive oligarchic democracy that made possible state-led economic development for the next thirty years. Subsequent economic development gave rise to new social groups and localist power centres that remained politically disparate, and in turn forged an outsiders' coalition to bring down the Republic.

List of contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Note on Sources and Methods Overview The Presidency of Fruto Chamorro and the National War: Antecedents of the Conservative Republic The Constitution of 1858: A Troubled Birth The Works of the Conservatives The Reds and the Inglesieros The Fall of the Conservative Republic: An Accidental Death Conclusions End Notes Index

About the author

ARTURO CRUZ JR. is a member of the faculty of the Central American Institute of Business Administration (INCAE). His research focuses on the analysis of Latin American social and political trends, and he teaches methods of such analysis for the Masters and Executive Education programmes.

Summary

Arturo J.Cruz, Jr argues that political learning, trust-building, and institutional innovation by political elites broke Nicaragua's post-colonial cycle of anarchy and petty despotism, leaving in its place an increasingly inclusive oligarchic democracy that made possible state-led economic development for the next thirty years.

Product details

• Authors: Jr Cruz, Jr. Arturo J. Cruz, Arturo J Cruz Jr, Arturo J. Cruz Jr, Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349429509
• ISBN: 978-1-349-42950-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 218 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: XV, 196 p.
• Series: St Antony's Series; St Antony's; St Antony's Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Kulturwissenschaften, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, Cultural Studies, Democracy, Political Science, Political structures: democracy, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, America—History, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie