Screen LibraryWhat Went Wrong? : the Nicaraguan Revolution : a Marxist analysis /
This volume is a valuable re-assessment of the Nicaraguan Revolution by a Marxist historian of Latin American political history. It shows that the FSLN ('the Sandinistas'), with politics principally shaped by Soviet and Cuban Communism, never had a commitment to genuine democracy either wi...
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Historical materialism book series ; volume 127. 1570-1522 |
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| Summary: |
This volume is a valuable re-assessment of the Nicaraguan Revolution by a Marxist historian of Latin American political history. It shows that the FSLN ('the Sandinistas'), with politics principally shaped by Soviet and Cuban Communism, never had a commitment to genuine democracy either within the revolutionary movement or within society at large; that the FSLN's lack of commitment to democracy was a key factor in the way that revolution was betrayed from 1970s to the 1990s; and that the FSLN's lack of rank-and-file democracy left all decision-making to the National Directorate and ultimately placed that power in the hands of Daniel Ortega. Pursuing his narrative into the present, La Botz shows that, once their would-be bureaucratic ruling class project was defeated, Ortega and the FSLN leadership turned to an alliance with the capitalist class. |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 407 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-386) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789004291300 900429130X |
| Index Number: | F1528 |
| CLC: | D774.509 |
| Call Number: | D774.509/L123 |