Learning Democracy Citizen Engagement and Electoral Choice in Nicaragua, 1990-2001 |
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| Author:
| Anderson, Leslie E.
Dodd, Lawrence C. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-01971-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $167.95 |
Book Description:
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Historically, Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Learning Democracy tells the story of how Nicaragua overcame an authoritarian government and American interventionism by engaging in an electoral revolution that solidified its democratic self-governance.
Historically, Nicaragua has been mired in poverty and political conflict, yet the country has become a model for the successful emergence of democracy in a developing nation. Learning Democracy tells the story of how Nicaragua overcame an authoritarian government and American interventionism by engaging in an electoral revolution that solidified its democratic self-governance.