The Many Faces of Sandinista Democracy
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The Many Faces of Sandinista Democracy by Katherine Hoyt
Taking power in Nicaragua in 1979 as a revolutionary party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was willing to put its fate in the hands of the Nicaraguan people twice, in 1984 and 1990. The party wrote a democratic constitution and then, remarkably, accepted the decision of the majority by relinquishing power upon its defeat in the 1990 election. The Many Faces of Sandinista Democracy explores the conflicts involving different visions of political and economic democracy, as well as new radical thought on participatory democracy. The latter addresses the problems popular organizations encountered as they moved from subservience to the FSLN in the 1980s to the liberating but disorientating electoral defeat of 1990. Up until the moment of defeat, the Sandinistas saw themselves as the true vanguard of the Nicaraguan people, able to submit themselves to free elections, because they felt they truly represented the general will of the people. Dr. Hoyt brings to an international audience for the first time a study of the ideas of several Nicaraguan thinkers. She examines the conflicts surrounding the development of ideas within the FSLN, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of its rare combination of democratic and vanguard principles.Katherine Hoyt lived for eighteen years in Latin America, sixteen of them in Nicaragua. She worked for the Sandinista government, ultimately as a translator for the national legislative body. She currently is co-director of the Nicaraguan Network Education Fund in Washington, D.C. Hoyt is a graduate of Vassar College and has a Ph.D. in political science from Rutgers University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780896801974 |
| ISBN 10 | 0896801977 |
| Title | The Many Faces of Sandinista Democracy |
| Author | Katherine Hoyt |
| Series | Research In International Studies Latin America Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ohio University Press |
| Year published | 1997-07-31 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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