DEMOCRACY IN THE NICARAGUAN COUNTRYSIDE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SANDINISTA GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS

In: Latin American perspectives: a journal on capitalism and socialism, Band 17, Heft 66, S. 55-76

Abstract

FOLLOWING THE SANDINISTA VICTORY IN 1979, A HEATED DEBATE CONCERNING "DEMOCRACY" IN THE NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION HAS GALAVANIZED THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCENE. THE DEBATE HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY ITS POLEMICAL CONTENT AND THE EMPTY RHETORIC OF KEY PARTICIPANTS RATHER THAN INTORMED DISCUSSION. THIS ARTICLE SEEKS TO PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED FACTUAL INFORMATION BY ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF THE SANDINISTA REVOLUTIONARY PROJECT ON THE NICARAGUAN COUNTRYSIDE.