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THE ARTICLE TRACES THE ROOTS, CAUSES AND SUCCESS OF THE NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION IN TERMS OF WASHINGTON'S MISPERCEPTIONS AND, CONSEQUENTLY, FAILED POLICY INITIATIVES. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT WASHINGTON CONSISTENTLY FAILS TO PERCEIVE OR UNDERSTATND THE LOGIC OF INSURRECTION, ITS MASS CHARACTER, ITS ESSENTIAL LEGITIMACY AND ITS ORDER AND STRENGTH.

The author surveys the long history of US military, diplomatic, and economic involvement in Central America. He pays particular attention to US policy since Carter's "new approach" to the region, and critically examines the Reagan administration's plans and policies for maintaining American national interests. He concludes with a discussion of political developments within the US and the domestic constraints on US policy in Central America

The role of the Marxist concept of class struggle in the debate over the dependency approach to SE development is explored. The dependency approach, conceived by Latin American social scientists in the late 1950s, emerged in the 1960s as having three basic elements: underdevelopment can only be understood by studying the nation's international context, not the national system; the relationship between SCs & the economy must also be viewed in terms of the nation's international relations, since the interests of national leaders sometimes lie outside the nation; & the result of unequal relationships (between SCs, nations, etc) is a broader gap within & between nations & communities, as evidenced when a central capitalist system, or advantaged SC, develops at the expense of a peripheral system, or disadvantaged SC. However, class struggle is only one element in the dependency approach to development, others being political movement & ideological affirmation. Four interpretations of Marxist theories of capitalism & revolution are made: (1) SCs in a dependent (peripheral) capitalist system change & are complex; (2) various approaches to political action are required; (3) socialist development approaches are theoretically logical, but are difficult to apply in practice; & (4) dependent capitalism is a stable mode of production & social formation. The dependent capitalist systems of Latin America have proven capable of rapid accumulation, under favorable circumstances, but those not benefiting from development are kept isolated, through modernization processes & repression, to avoid unrest. Even where protest has resulted in political change, the basic model of dependent capitalist accumulation is usually not affected. D. Graves.

Bilanz des Fortgangs der sandinistischen Revolution in Nikaragua im Jahre 1982 und Ausblick auf die Zukunftsperspektiven