Undoing Democracy - The Politics of Electoral Caudillismo

Informationen zum Autor David Close is professor of political science at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Kalowatie Deonandan is associate professor of political science and director of the International Studies Program of the University of Saskatchewan. Klappentext David Close and Kalowatie Deonandan focus their analysis on the pact struck between the Nicaragua's two main parties, the Liberals and the Sandinistas, which allowed the passage of the constitutional amendments that weakened Nicaragua's basic political institutions. Undoing Democracy will sharpen our understanding of democratic transition and consolidation, and will serve as an important contribution to the literature on Nicaragua, Latin American politics, and democratization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Undoing Democracy in Nicaragua Chapter 2 Parties and Pacts in Contemporary Nicaragua Chapter 3 The Assault on Pluralism Chapter 4 Alemán's War on NGO Community Chapter 5 Unholy Alliance: Churce and the State in Nicaragua (1996-2002) Chapter 6 Violence and Personal Insecurity: The Alemán Administration's Authoritarian Response Chapter 7 Patrimonialism and Economic Policy in the Alemán Administration Chapter 8 The External Debt of Nicaragua and the Alemán Liberal Administration: Images and Realities Chapter 9 President Bolaños Runs a Reverse, or How Arnoldo Alemán Wound Up in Prison Chapter 10 The Caudillo is Dead: Long Live the Caudillo

Product details

• Authors: David Deonandan Close
• Assisted by: David Close (Editor), Close David (Editor), Kalowatie Deonandan (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2004
• EAN: 9780739108086
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0808-6
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy