St Antony's Series

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-11-28

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349429509

DOI: 10.1057/9781403919434

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 196