Undoing Democracy The Politics of Electoral Caudillismo

by Close, David; Deonandan, Kalowatie; Cuadra, Elvira; Dye, David H.; Hoyt, Katherine; Kampwirth, Karen; Livecche, Marc; Puig, Salvador Marti

• ISBN13: 9780739108086
• ISBN10: 0739108085
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-18
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

David Close and Kalowatie Deonandan focus their analysis on the pact struck between the Nicaragua's two main parties, the Liberals and the Sandinistas, which allowed the passage of the constitutional amendments that weakened Nicaragua's basic political institutions. Undoing Democracy will sharpen our understanding of democratic transition and consolidation, and will serve as an important contribution to the literature on Nicaragua, Latin American politics, and democratization.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	vii
1 Undoing Democracy in Nicaragua	1	(16)
David Close
2 Parties and Pacts in Contemporary Nicaragua	17	(26)
Katherine Hoyt
3 The Assault on Pluralism	43	(22)
Kalowatie Deonandan
4 Aleman's War on the NGO Community	65	(22)
Karen Kampwirth
5 Unholy Alliance: Church and the State in Nicaragua (1996-2002)	87	(16)
Andrés Pérez-Baltodano
6 Violence and Personal Insecurity: The Aleman Administration's Authoritarian Response	103	(16)
Elvira Cuadra
7 Patrimonialism and Economic Policy in the Aleman Administration	119	(24)
David R. Dye and David Close
8 The External Debt of Nicaragua and the Aleman Liberal Administration: Images and Realities	143	(24)
Salvador Marti Puig
9 President Bolafios Runs a Reverse, or How Arnoldo Aleman Wound Up in Prison	167	(16)
David Close
10 The Caudillo is Dead: Long Live the Caudillo	183	(16)
Kalowatie Deonandan
Works Cited	199	(12)
Index	211	(6)
About the Contributors	217