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Agrarian Reform
and Class Consciousness in Nicaragua
by Laura J. Enríquez
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In Nicaragua, agrarian reform was central to the Sandinista
government’s development model. As the 1990 (and the 1996)
election results show, however, other factors were at work in
influencing the vote of the Nicaraguan peasantry. In this
groundbreaking study, Laura Enríquez analyzes the political
impact of agrarian reform by comparing the effects of several
different reform strategies employed in Nicaragua between 1987
and 1994. She shows that the impact is often paradoxical:
socioeconomic reforms which clearly benefit the peasantry do not
necessarily result in political support for the regime that
brought it about.
Case studies are based on extensive fieldwork in Nicaragua, both
before and after the demise of the Sandinista government.
Enríquez analyzes voting patterns and explores the tendency of
the poorest sector of the peasantry to become involved in
revolutionary movements. She also assesses the relevance of
various positions within the theoretical literature on
development and peasant politics. Finally, Enríquez compares the
political impact of agrarian reforms in Nicaragua with those in
Cuba, Chile, Vietnam, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Kerala.
A thorough and fascinating study of an issue that is particularly
timely given the 1996 Nicaraguan elections, this book will be of
interest to Central American, international development, and
political science scholars.
Laura J. Enríquez is associate professor of
sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and author
of Harvesting Change: Labor and Agrarian Reform in Nicaragua,
1979-1990 (1991).
1997. 280 pp. 6 X 9.
1 figure, 14 tables, 4
maps, notes, bibliography, index.
ISBN 0-8130-1489-1
Cloth, $59.95
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"Enriquez's well-researched book addresses an important question for studies of modern Nicaragua as well as for much of the developing world: the relationship between politics and economic development."--Choice
"[A]n original, incisive analysis of the political consequences of economic development . . . . This book will be of great interest to scholars and students working on revolution, regime transitions, peasant politics and development theory." --
Latin American Studies
"A major
contribution. . . . Enríquez’s knowledge of the region . .
. is unparalleled among U.S. academics."--Rose Spalding,
DePaul University
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