Francis, Hilary (2020) A Nicaraguan Exceptionalism? Debating the Legacy of the Sandinista Revolution. University of London Press, London. ISBN 9781908857774
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Abstract
In recent years, child migrants from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have made the perilous journey to the United States in unprecedented numbers, but their peers in Nicaragua have remained at home. Nicaragua also enjoys lower murder rates and far fewer gang problems when compared with her neighbours.
Why is Nicaragua so different? The present government has promulgated a discourse of Nicaraguan exceptionalism, arguing that Nicaragua is unique thanks to the heritage of the 1979 Sandinista revolution. This volume critically interrogates that claim, asking whether the legacy of the revolution is truly exceptional. An interdisciplinary work, the book brings together historians, anthropologists and sociologists to explore the multifarious ways in which the revolutionary past continues to shape public policy – and daily life – in Nicaragua’s tumultuous present.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | L300 Sociology L600 Anthropology T700 American studies V200 History by area V300 History by topic |
| Department: | Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Rachel Branson |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2020 10:05 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2020 10:05 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42935 |
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