Leslie Anderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 821441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leslie Anderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leslie |
| FAMILY NAME | Anderson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social Capital in Developing Democracies
Drawing on extensive field work in Nicaragua and Argentina, as well as public opinion and elite data, Leslie E. Anderson's Social Capital in Developing Democracies explores the contribution of social capital to the process of democratization and the limits of that contribution. Anderson finds that in Nicaragua, strong, positive, bridging social capital has enhanced democratization while in Argentina the legacy of Peronism has created bonding and …
Comportamiento electoral y democracia en Nicaragua
En los Estados Unidos y otros países de democracia establecida existen teorías de opción electoral (vote choice) para explicar cómo y por qué los votantes toman decisiones electorales. Éstas nos explican cómo votan los ciudadanos, incluso qué peso dan a las evaluaciones de los candidatos, la económica, y otros factores en sus decisiones de voto. Conforme América Latina se democratiza y algunas naciones en el continente cuentan con varios años de …
Learning Democracy
Idealism, Impatience, and Pessimism
Ordinary People In Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry And The Breakdown Of Democracy. By Nancy Bermeo. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Pp. 288. $19.95 paper.) Fujimori's Coup And The Breakdown Of Democracy In Latin America. By Charles D. Kenney. (Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2004. Pp. 379. $30.00 paper.) Democracy In Latin America. By George Philip. (Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2003. $62.95 cloth, $27.95 paper.) Incomplet…
Nicaragua Votes
In November 2001, Nicaraguans voted in their country's fourth national election since the Somoza regime was overthrown in 1979 and the third since the electoral defeat of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in 1990. For the third straight time, they chose a conservative candidate who espoused democratic liberties. In 2001 Nicaraguan voters had three choices for the presidency, one from each of three long-established parties. Outgoing …
The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America
Thorton Hogan Anderson
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Between Quiescence and Rebellion Among the Peasantry
This essay is a theoretical and empirical test of two major theories of peasant political action, James Scott's Moral Economy of the Peasant and Samuel Popkin's The Rational Peasant. The essay draws primarily upon testimony taken from peasant activists involved in a wide range of different forms of political action. The essay goes on to operationalize core elements from each of these two theories and to compare them statistically to determine whi…
Capitalists and Revolution in Nicaragua
Neutrality and Bias in the 1990 Nicaraguan Preelection Polls
The 1990 democratic election in Sandinista Nicaragua attracted international attention.' Among scholars of Nicaragua, one of the most surprising aspects of that election was that so many of the publicized preelection polls incorrectly predicted the outcome. Most polls published in both the United States and Nicaragua forecast a Sandinista victory, but, in fact, the Sandinistas suffered a resounding defeat.2 Many election watchers were surprised b…
Reformism and Radicalism among Peasants
This study tests a well-known and widely accepted theory of agrarian revolution (Paige 1975) using data that precisely fit the categorization scheme upon which Paige's model rests. In an effort to hold constant the influences of the state and to focus upon the structural variables that Paige says are determinant, the study draws upon data on peasant political attitudes and behaviors in a single country, Costa Rica. The findings suggest serious li…
Agrarian Politics and Revolution
This essay uses three crucial cases to test predictions made in Jeffery Paige's Agrarian Revolution. Relying upon structure to explain political outcome, Paige predicts that peasants will be political conservatives who engage in reformist politics but never radical action, much less revolution. The cases illustrate however, that peasant political behavior varies considerably, being reformist, radical, or revolutionary depending upon the perspecti…
Surprises and secrets
Managing the Commanding Heights
Managing the Commanding Heights
Other books in review
Mixed Blessings
One of the most urgent issues in contemporary Latin America is the popular struggle against rural poverty. Because Latin American states have failed to alleviate rural impoverishment, the poor have undertaken to solve their own problems. One fruitful way of improving their conditions has proved to be forming grass-roots peasant organizations outside state auspices. This approach, however, can bear fruit only under a democratic regime or in states…
Alternative Action in Costa Rica
As the developing world modernises and traditionally excluded groups seek to take part in their societies, the political activity of the peasantry assumes an ever-increasing importance. Yet most scholarship has focused on the more spectacular forms of political action such as rebellion. In recent years some scholars have turned their attention to the other extreme of everyday resistance,1but such contributions are still limited in number. This pa…
Alternative Action in Costa Rica
As the developing world modernises and traditionally excluded groups seek to take part in their societies, the political activity of the peasantry assumes an ever-increasing importance. Yet most scholarship has focused on the more spectacular forms of political action such as rebellion. In recent years some scholars have turned their attention to the other extreme of everyday resistance,1but such contributions are still limited in number. This pa…
Nicaragua Votes
In November 2001, Nicaraguans voted in their country's fourth national election since the Somoza regime was overthrown in 1979 and the third since the electoral defeat of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in 1990. For the third straight time, they chose a conservative candidate who espoused democratic liberties. In 2001 Nicaraguan voters had three choices for the presidency, one from each of three long-established parties. Outgoing …
Reformism and Radicalism among Peasants
This study tests a well-known and widely accepted theory of agrarian revolution (Paige 1975) using data that precisely fit the categorization scheme upon which Paige's model rests. In an effort to hold constant the influences of the state and to focus upon the structural variables that Paige says are determinant, the study draws upon data on peasant political attitudes and behaviors in a single country, Costa Rica. The findings suggest serious li…
Neutrality and Bias in the 1990 Nicaraguan Preelection Polls
The 1990 democratic election in Sandinista Nicaragua attracted international attention.' Among scholars of Nicaragua, one of the most surprising aspects of that election was that so many of the publicized preelection polls incorrectly predicted the outcome. Most polls published in both the United States and Nicaragua forecast a Sandinista victory, but, in fact, the Sandinistas suffered a resounding defeat.2 Many election watchers were surprised b…
Agrarian Politics and Revolution
This essay uses three crucial cases to test predictions made in Jeffery Paige's Agrarian Revolution. Relying upon structure to explain political outcome, Paige predicts that peasants will be political conservatives who engage in reformist politics but never radical action, much less revolution. The cases illustrate however, that peasant political behavior varies considerably, being reformist, radical, or revolutionary depending upon the perspecti…
Surprises and secrets
Mixed Blessings
One of the most urgent issues in contemporary Latin America is the popular struggle against rural poverty. Because Latin American states have failed to alleviate rural impoverishment, the poor have undertaken to solve their own problems. One fruitful way of improving their conditions has proved to be forming grass-roots peasant organizations outside state auspices. This approach, however, can bear fruit only under a democratic regime or in states…
Between Quiescence and Rebellion Among the Peasantry
This essay is a theoretical and empirical test of two major theories of peasant political action, James Scott's Moral Economy of the Peasant and Samuel Popkin's The Rational Peasant. The essay draws primarily upon testimony taken from peasant activists involved in a wide range of different forms of political action. The essay goes on to operationalize core elements from each of these two theories and to compare them statistically to determine whi…
Alternative Action in Costa Rica
As the developing world modernises and traditionally excluded groups seek to take part in their societies, the political activity of the peasantry assumes an ever-increasing importance. Yet most scholarship has focused on the more spectacular forms of political action such as rebellion. In recent years some scholars have turned their attention to the other extreme of everyday resistance,1but such contributions are still limited in number. This pa…
Other books in review
Mixed Blessings
One of the most urgent issues in contemporary Latin America is the popular struggle against rural poverty. Because Latin American states have failed to alleviate rural impoverishment, the poor have undertaken to solve their own problems. One fruitful way of improving their conditions has proved to be forming grass-roots peasant organizations outside state auspices. This approach, however, can bear fruit only under a democratic regime or in states…
Surprises and secrets
Managing the Commanding Heights
Managing the Commanding Heights
Agrarian Politics and Revolution
This essay uses three crucial cases to test predictions made in Jeffery Paige's Agrarian Revolution. Relying upon structure to explain political outcome, Paige predicts that peasants will be political conservatives who engage in reformist politics but never radical action, much less revolution. The cases illustrate however, that peasant political behavior varies considerably, being reformist, radical, or revolutionary depending upon the perspecti…
Neutrality and Bias in the 1990 Nicaraguan Preelection Polls
The 1990 democratic election in Sandinista Nicaragua attracted international attention.' Among scholars of Nicaragua, one of the most surprising aspects of that election was that so many of the publicized preelection polls incorrectly predicted the outcome. Most polls published in both the United States and Nicaragua forecast a Sandinista victory, but, in fact, the Sandinistas suffered a resounding defeat.2 Many election watchers were surprised b…
Reformism and Radicalism among Peasants
This study tests a well-known and widely accepted theory of agrarian revolution (Paige 1975) using data that precisely fit the categorization scheme upon which Paige's model rests. In an effort to hold constant the influences of the state and to focus upon the structural variables that Paige says are determinant, the study draws upon data on peasant political attitudes and behaviors in a single country, Costa Rica. The findings suggest serious li…
Capitalists and Revolution in Nicaragua
Between Quiescence and Rebellion Among the Peasantry
This essay is a theoretical and empirical test of two major theories of peasant political action, James Scott's Moral Economy of the Peasant and Samuel Popkin's The Rational Peasant. The essay draws primarily upon testimony taken from peasant activists involved in a wide range of different forms of political action. The essay goes on to operationalize core elements from each of these two theories and to compare them statistically to determine whi…
Thorton Hogan Anderson
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The New Politics of Inequality in Latin America
Nicaragua Votes
In November 2001, Nicaraguans voted in their country's fourth national election since the Somoza regime was overthrown in 1979 and the third since the electoral defeat of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in 1990. For the third straight time, they chose a conservative candidate who espoused democratic liberties. In 2001 Nicaraguan voters had three choices for the presidency, one from each of three long-established parties. Outgoing …
Learning Democracy
Idealism, Impatience, and Pessimism
Ordinary People In Extraordinary Times: The Citizenry And The Breakdown Of Democracy. By Nancy Bermeo. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Pp. 288. $19.95 paper.) Fujimori's Coup And The Breakdown Of Democracy In Latin America. By Charles D. Kenney. (Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2004. Pp. 379. $30.00 paper.) Democracy In Latin America. By George Philip. (Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2003. $62.95 cloth, $27.95 paper.) Incomplet…
Comportamiento electoral y democracia en Nicaragua
En los Estados Unidos y otros países de democracia establecida existen teorías de opción electoral (vote choice) para explicar cómo y por qué los votantes toman decisiones electorales. Éstas nos explican cómo votan los ciudadanos, incluso qué peso dan a las evaluaciones de los candidatos, la económica, y otros factores en sus decisiones de voto. Conforme América Latina se democratiza y algunas naciones en el continente cuentan con varios años de …
Social Capital in Developing Democracies
Drawing on extensive field work in Nicaragua and Argentina, as well as public opinion and elite data, Leslie E. Anderson's Social Capital in Developing Democracies explores the contribution of social capital to the process of democratization and the limits of that contribution. Anderson finds that in Nicaragua, strong, positive, bridging social capital has enhanced democratization while in Argentina the legacy of Peronism has created bonding and …
Political science (16 works) · Law (14 works) · Politics (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Democracy (6 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 works) · Peasant (5 works)