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The New Nicaragua : Lessons in Development, Democracy, and Nation-Building for the United States
Overview
An insider's look at the changes going on in Nicaragua--the internal political maneuvering of Daniel Ortega, the responses by the United States, and the success of recent American pro-democracy civil society efforts there.
At the time of Ortega's return to the presidency, attorney and award-winning author Steven Hendrix was on the ground in Nicaragua working for the U.S. Agency for International Development. The New Nicaragua: Lessons in Development, Democracy, and Nation-Building for the United States is Hendrix's eyewitness account of the changes going on there. What Hendrix found in the new Nicaragua is a decidedly mixed bag: a presidential campaign marked by dirty tricks and backroom deals, yet an election held under the first neutral comprehensive observation ever in the developing world; an overt effort to appease the United States even while attempting to undermine U.S. policy in the region. Yet despite this, Hendrix saw U.S. pro-democracy, civil society efforts succeed, disproving the many skeptics who doubt that nation-building is even possible.This item is Non-Returnable
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780313379581
- ISBN-10: 0313379580
- Publisher: Praeger
- Publish Date: September 2009
- Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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