Democracy in the Nicaraguan Countryside
A Comparative Analysis of Sandinista Grassroots Movements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5002670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilja A Luciak (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 55-75 |
| Publication date | 1990-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x9001700304 |
| OpenAlex | W1967167154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Following the Sandinista victory in 1979, a heated debate concerning in the Nicaraguan Revolution has galvanized the American political scene. The debate has been characterized by its polemical content and the empty rhetoric of key participants rather than informed discussion. This article seeks to provide much needed factual information by analyzing the impact of the Sandinista revolutionary project on the Nicaraguan countryside. Upon taking power, the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (Sandinista National Liberation Front, or FSLN) promised to institutionalize a form of based on the policies of popular hegemony and national unity. The central objective of popular hegemony is to realize the radical restructuring of the socioeconomic and political conditions of the Nicaraguan workers and peasants, based on the control by the popular classes over the political system. National unity, in contrast, is a policy of alliance which enlists all sectors of society in support of new relations of production (Vilas, 1986: 175). In order to implement its revolutionary project, the Sandinista government has forged elements of representative and participatory democracy into a model of revolutionary, democratic Marxism. The participatory element is central to the notion of popular hegemony, whereas representative features are essential for a successful policy of national unity. According to the Sandinista conception of democracy, it is the participation of the masses in the transformation of the inherited relations of production that guarantees that this process benefits the previously marginalized worker and peasant classes. Thus, special emphasis is placed on the devel
Alliance · Citizen journalism · Communism · Democracy · Hegemony · Peasant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sociology · United front · Victory · International Relations in Latin America · Latin American socio-political dynamics · Law · Legal and Labor Studies
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |