Andrew Nickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 534803 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Nickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Nickson |
| SIGNATURE | NICKSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4541-3234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 123 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The Legacies of the Stroessner Dictatorship in Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner ruled Paraguay for three and a half decades; his dictatorship has continued to overshadow the country since his ouster in 1989, despite its formal democratization. His Colorado Party has retained firm control over the state through clientelistic practices. Civil society remains weak after being subjected to “preventive repression” under the dictatorship. Corruption is widespread, with senior political figures linked to organize…
State Capture and Elite Resistance to the Sustainable Development Goals in Paraguay
This article examines Paraguay's lack of progress in meeting the UN Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the conceptual framework of state capture. It argues that the current model of economic development, based primarily on soya and meat production, is unsustainable in economic, social, and environmental terms and almost exclusively serves the interests of a small elite. The example of three interrelated SDGs is used to show …
Armed opposition to the Stroessner regime in Paraguay: A review article
This review article addresses the little-known armed opposition to the Stroessner regime in Paraguay (1954–89) that remained virtually unreported during the dictatorship. It is based largely on first-hand accounts and official documents that have only recently become available. The Movimiento 14 de Mayo, led by radicals of the Liberal Party and the Frente Unido de Liberación Nacional, led by the Paraguayan communist party, together mobilized arou…
Great Britain and the War of the Triple Alliance: The Lincolnshire Farmers Colonization Scheme to Paraguay and the Fourth Ally Thesis
This article challenges the fourth ally thesis, which argues that Great Britain was a crucial actor underpinning the combined forces of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay that defeated Paraguay in the 1864-70 War of the Triple Alliance. To date, the debate has focused on British involvement in the genesis and financing of the allied war effort. This article instead focuses on the postwar behavior of the British government, exploring its attitude to t…
La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
Este artículo analiza la fase de descomposición del régimen de Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) en Paraguay desde 1982 en adelante y busca entender la naturaleza de su caída en torno al concepto de ‘sultanismo’. Se divide en tres secciones. La primera analiza las características del régimen en torno a su concordancia con el sultanismo, una forma de control político personalizado identificado por Max Weber. La segunda sección presenta un relato de la …
Revolutionary Movements in Latin America after the Cold War: The Case of the Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo
This article addresses the debate concerning the reasons for the emergence of revolutionary movements in Latin America in the post-Cold War period. It uses the example of the Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP, Paraguayan People's Army) to question the hypothesis by McClintock that, whereas political factors were the principal cause of such movements during the Cold War, economic factors have dominated since then. After reviewing the structural c…
Transition to Democracy in Paraguay
The role of decentralisation in post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is widely cited as a positive example of the contribution that decentralisation can play in post-conflict reconstruction. This article critically examines this viewpoint from a political economy perspective as applied to an understanding of donor-driven institutional reform as well as the nature of hybridity and its impact on the sustainability of decentralisation processes. It examines the devolution of functions, finance, political…
The Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics
Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a dearth of serious scholarship or journalism about the country. Going a long way toward redressing this lack of information and analysis, The Paraguay Reader is a lively compilation of testimonies, journalism, scholarship, political tracts, literature,…
Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics
Local Governance Reform in Global Perspective
Local Governance Reforms in Africa
At a time when the democratic governance resurgence of the 90s in developing countries is giving way to the disappointment and disillusionment at the retreat of democracy, it is opportune that the relationship between democratic and local governance is being given serious consideration by the International Association of Political Science globally (Diamond 2008). For quite sometime now, some of us had argued that democracy cannot be consolidated …
Paraguay and the United States: Distant Allies ‐ by Mora, Frank O. and Cooney, Jerry W
The general election in Paraguay, April 2008
The Limitations of Water Regulation: The Failure of the Cochabamba Concession in Bolivia
This article examines the limitations of governmental capacity to regulate private sector participation in urban water supply in developing countries through an analysis of the most dramatic failure to date of a major franchise contract for supplying water and sanitation services to a large city - the 40-year concession awarded in September 1999 to Aguas del Tunari (AdT) in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Five months later, the population rioted against wat…
La ciudad en el siglo XXI: Experiencias exitosas en gestión del desarrollo urbano en América Latina
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo organizó en marzo de 1997 un "Simposio de ciudades y Foro de buenas prácticas en gestión urbana" . En él se debatieron las nuevas ideas sobre el papel de los centros urbanos en el futuro de la región, los problemas que enfrentarán al asumir este papel y las soluciones que se vislumbran al final del siglo. Este evento se realizó conjuntamente con la Asamblea Anual de Gobernadores del Banco en Barcelona. La vis…
The Transition to Democracy in Paraguay
The transition to democracy in Paraguay has been one of the most difficult in Latin America. This book highlights the limitations of the process of democratisation in a country which lacked a previous
The public-private mix in urban water supply
Local Government in Latin America
This guide to local government in Latin America provides a detailed overview of the political and economic significance of local government in the region as a whole, as well as 18 country studies written to a common format
Local Government in Latin America
This unique guide to local government in Latin America provides a detailed overview of the political and economic significance of local government in the region as a whole, as well as eighteen comprehensive country studies written to a common format.
Paraguay's Archivo del Terror
A major archive has recently been established in Paraguay that reveals the internal operations of the security forces during the lengthy authoritarian regime of President Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989). Featuring open access, the archive dubbed by the media as "el archivo del terror" comprises a wealth of primary material on a significant but little researched aspect of the contemporary history of Latin America. This archive provides unique insig…
Historical Dictionary of Paraguay
Foreword by, Jon Woronoff Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Maps General Map Administrative Departments Provincia Gigante de las Indias Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARY Appendixes Appendix 1: Colonial Governors of Paraguay Appendix 2: Presidents of Paraguay Appendix 3: Mayors of Asuncion Appendix 4: United States Ambassadors to Paraguay Appendix 5: Place Name Changes Bibliography About the Author
Rural Paraguay, 1870-1932
Democratisation and the growth of communism in Nepal: A Peruvian scenario in the making
Nepal is one of the least developed countries of the world. For long an absolute monarchy, during 1990 widespread civil protest led by a Movement for the Restoration of Democracy led to the introduction of constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system of government. Counter to international trends, this democratisation process was accompanied by the rapid growth of communism as an electoral force, reaching 38% of the national vote during the…
Paraguay
The Limitations of Water Regulation: The Failure of the Cochabamba Concession in Bolivia
This article examines the limitations of governmental capacity to regulate private sector participation in urban water supply in developing countries through an analysis of the most dramatic failure to date of a major franchise contract for supplying water and sanitation services to a large city - the 40-year concession awarded in September 1999 to Aguas del Tunari (AdT) in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Five months later, the population rioted against wat…
Brazilian Colonization of the Eastern Border Region of Paraguay
The Eastern Border Region (EBR) of Paraguay (defined as the present-day administrative Departments of Amambay, Canendiyú and Alto Paraná) is one of the few remaining frontier zones suitable for intensive agricultural development in the southern cone of Latin America. Comprising 35 percent (about 5.4 million has.) of the area of eastern Paraguay, its natural resources remained largely unexploited until the mid-1960s, itself a reflection of the ver…
Tyranny and longevity: Stroessner's Paraguay
The public-private mix in urban water supply
The Itaipú Hydro-Electric Project: The Paraguayan Perspective
Democratisation and the growth of communism in Nepal: A Peruvian scenario in the making
Nepal is one of the least developed countries of the world. For long an absolute monarchy, during 1990 widespread civil protest led by a Movement for the Restoration of Democracy led to the introduction of constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system of government. Counter to international trends, this democratisation process was accompanied by the rapid growth of communism as an electoral force, reaching 38% of the national vote during the…
The Overthrow of the Stroessner Regime: Re-Establishing the Status Quo
The role of decentralisation in post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is widely cited as a positive example of the contribution that decentralisation can play in post-conflict reconstruction. This article critically examines this viewpoint from a political economy perspective as applied to an understanding of donor-driven institutional reform as well as the nature of hybridity and its impact on the sustainability of decentralisation processes. It examines the devolution of functions, finance, political…
The general election in Paraguay, April 2008
Paraguay's Archivo del Terror
A major archive has recently been established in Paraguay that reveals the internal operations of the security forces during the lengthy authoritarian regime of President Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989). Featuring open access, the archive dubbed by the media as "el archivo del terror" comprises a wealth of primary material on a significant but little researched aspect of the contemporary history of Latin America. This archive provides unique insig…
Revolutionary Movements in Latin America after the Cold War: The Case of the Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo
This article addresses the debate concerning the reasons for the emergence of revolutionary movements in Latin America in the post-Cold War period. It uses the example of the Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP, Paraguayan People's Army) to question the hypothesis by McClintock that, whereas political factors were the principal cause of such movements during the Cold War, economic factors have dominated since then. After reviewing the structural c…
Great Britain and the War of the Triple Alliance: The Lincolnshire Farmers Colonization Scheme to Paraguay and the Fourth Ally Thesis
This article challenges the fourth ally thesis, which argues that Great Britain was a crucial actor underpinning the combined forces of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay that defeated Paraguay in the 1864-70 War of the Triple Alliance. To date, the debate has focused on British involvement in the genesis and financing of the allied war effort. This article instead focuses on the postwar behavior of the British government, exploring its attitude to t…
La Caída de Alfredo Stroessner y el ocaso del sultanismo
Este artículo analiza la fase de descomposición del régimen de Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89) en Paraguay desde 1982 en adelante y busca entender la naturaleza de su caída en torno al concepto de ‘sultanismo’. Se divide en tres secciones. La primera analiza las características del régimen en torno a su concordancia con el sultanismo, una forma de control político personalizado identificado por Max Weber. La segunda sección presenta un relato de la …
Crisis in the industrial Heartland: Where do we go from here
The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800-1870
The Rise and Fall of the Paraguayan Republic, 1800-1870
Brazilian Colonization of the Eastern Border Region of Paraguay
The Eastern Border Region (EBR) of Paraguay (defined as the present-day administrative Departments of Amambay, Canendiyú and Alto Paraná) is one of the few remaining frontier zones suitable for intensive agricultural development in the southern cone of Latin America. Comprising 35 percent (about 5.4 million has.) of the area of eastern Paraguay, its natural resources remained largely unexploited until the mid-1960s, itself a reflection of the ver…
The Itaipú Hydro-Electric Project: The Paraguayan Perspective
The role of local authorities in economic development: A rejoinder
Crisis in the industrial Heartland: Where do we go from here
Tyranny and longevity: Stroessner's Paraguay
Paraguay
The Overthrow of the Stroessner Regime: Re-Establishing the Status Quo
Democratisation and the growth of communism in Nepal: A Peruvian scenario in the making
Nepal is one of the least developed countries of the world. For long an absolute monarchy, during 1990 widespread civil protest led by a Movement for the Restoration of Democracy led to the introduction of constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system of government. Counter to international trends, this democratisation process was accompanied by the rapid growth of communism as an electoral force, reaching 38% of the national vote during the…
Rural Paraguay, 1870-1932
Historical Dictionary of Paraguay
Foreword by, Jon Woronoff Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Maps General Map Administrative Departments Provincia Gigante de las Indias Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARY Appendixes Appendix 1: Colonial Governors of Paraguay Appendix 2: Presidents of Paraguay Appendix 3: Mayors of Asuncion Appendix 4: United States Ambassadors to Paraguay Appendix 5: Place Name Changes Bibliography About the Author
Local Government in Latin America
This unique guide to local government in Latin America provides a detailed overview of the political and economic significance of local government in the region as a whole, as well as eighteen comprehensive country studies written to a common format.
Paraguay's Archivo del Terror
A major archive has recently been established in Paraguay that reveals the internal operations of the security forces during the lengthy authoritarian regime of President Alfredo Stroessner (1954-1989). Featuring open access, the archive dubbed by the media as "el archivo del terror" comprises a wealth of primary material on a significant but little researched aspect of the contemporary history of Latin America. This archive provides unique insig…
Local Government in Latin America
This guide to local government in Latin America provides a detailed overview of the political and economic significance of local government in the region as a whole, as well as 18 country studies written to a common format
The Transition to Democracy in Paraguay
The transition to democracy in Paraguay has been one of the most difficult in Latin America. This book highlights the limitations of the process of democratisation in a country which lacked a previous
The public-private mix in urban water supply
La ciudad en el siglo XXI: Experiencias exitosas en gestión del desarrollo urbano en América Latina
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo organizó en marzo de 1997 un "Simposio de ciudades y Foro de buenas prácticas en gestión urbana" . En él se debatieron las nuevas ideas sobre el papel de los centros urbanos en el futuro de la región, los problemas que enfrentarán al asumir este papel y las soluciones que se vislumbran al final del siglo. Este evento se realizó conjuntamente con la Asamblea Anual de Gobernadores del Banco en Barcelona. La vis…
The Limitations of Water Regulation: The Failure of the Cochabamba Concession in Bolivia
This article examines the limitations of governmental capacity to regulate private sector participation in urban water supply in developing countries through an analysis of the most dramatic failure to date of a major franchise contract for supplying water and sanitation services to a large city - the 40-year concession awarded in September 1999 to Aguas del Tunari (AdT) in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Five months later, the population rioted against wat…
Local Governance Reform in Global Perspective
Local Governance Reforms in Africa
At a time when the democratic governance resurgence of the 90s in developing countries is giving way to the disappointment and disillusionment at the retreat of democracy, it is opportune that the relationship between democratic and local governance is being given serious consideration by the International Association of Political Science globally (Diamond 2008). For quite sometime now, some of us had argued that democracy cannot be consolidated …
Paraguay and the United States: Distant Allies ‐ by Mora, Frank O. and Cooney, Jerry W
The general election in Paraguay, April 2008
Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics
The Paraguay Reader: History, Culture, Politics
Hemmed in by the vast, arid Chaco to the west and, for most of its history, impenetrable jungles to the east, Paraguay has been defined largely by its isolation. Partly as a result, there has been a dearth of serious scholarship or journalism about the country. Going a long way toward redressing this lack of information and analysis, The Paraguay Reader is a lively compilation of testimonies, journalism, scholarship, political tracts, literature,…
Transition to Democracy in Paraguay
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