This book explores the reasons behind the many failed attempts to build stable democracies in Latin America.

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Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution (1979-1990) initiated a broad program of social transformation to improve the situation of the working class and poor, women,

David Whisnant provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic relationship between culture, power, and policy in Nicaragua over the last 450 years. Spanning a

Eighteen Nicaraguan writers and others comment on the current poitical and social conditions of Nicaragua and discuss their own work.