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Since the 1970s, Nicaragua has experienced four major regime changes—shifts in its fundamental logic, structure, and operational code of governance. What accounts for such instability? Have other states that transitioned to democracy followed a similar path? Considering these questions, David Close explores the dynamics of Nicaragua's movements toward and away from democracy since 1979

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Map -- Chapter 1: Why Study Latin America? -- Chapter 2: Why History Matters -- Chapter 3: Latin America's Political Elites -- Chapter 4: Political Traditions, Political Legacies, and Political Institutions: How Personal Rule and Political Violence Figure in Modern Latin American Politics -- Chapter 5: Political Institutions and the Machinery of Government -- Chapter 6: Parties, Elections, and Movements -- Chapter 7: Unconstitutional Political Change: Coups, Insurgencies, and Revolutions as Contentious Politics -- Chapter 8: Democracy and Democratization -- Chapter 9: Political Economy and Economic Policy in Latin America -- Chapter 10: Latin American International Relations -- Chapter 11: Latin America in Comparative Perspective -- Bibliography -- Index

Preface; Part One: A Historical Survey; 1. The Meaning of Revolution David Close 2. The Greek Experience and Aristotle's Analysis of Revolution P. A. Howell 3. The Transition from Classical to Modern Times P. A. Howell 4. Liberal Thought About Revolution from Locke to Mazzini P. A. Howell 5. Burke and the Conservative Tradition Carl Bridge 6. Marx, Lenin and Modern Revolutions Norman Wintrop 7. Modernisation and Revolution Bill Brugger and Kate Hannan; Part Two. Case-Studies of Recent Revolutions; 8. The Soviet Union - A Defunct Revolution David Close 9. China - An Interrupted Revolution Bill Brugger 10. Nazi Germany - A Doomed Revolution David Close 11. Guinea-Bissau - Revolution and Development Cherry Gertzel 12. France, May 1968: A New Kind of Revolution? Richard DeAngelis; Index

This volume is a series of original articles analyzing eleven case studies of revolutionary movements which have reconstituted themselves into formal political parties now contesting electoral politics. These case studies are drawn from Africa and the Americas and examined within the context of the democratic transitions which have taken place in the developing world. The book's principal objective is to analyze the factors influencing the successes and failures of these former politico-military movements within this new context of democracy and electoralism.