| The New Nicaragua: Lessons in Development, Democracy, and Nation-Building for the United States Contributor(s): Hendrix, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313379580 ISBN-13: 9780313379581 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $72.27 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - General - Political Science | Political Economy - History | Latin America - Central America |
| Dewey: 320.972 |
| LCCN: 2009025512 |
| Series: PSI Reports |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
