Women and the State in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua"Metoyer first analyzes women's social gains and losses during the Sandinista era. She then turns to the impact of Chamorro's structural adjustment programs. Considering the position of women in post-Sandinista society, she provides a nuanced discussion of Nicaragua's economic and social reality, as well as a rethinking of the ideology that underlies much development policy."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Partys Overand the Kitchens a Mess | 15 |
The Empress Has No Clothes | 39 |
A Tale of Structural Adjustment 55 | 55 |
Invisible Adjustment? | 69 |
The Politics of the Possible | 97 |
The Sandinistas Arent the Only Ones Who Lost | 113 |
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About the Book 149 | |
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Page 136 - The State and Planning in Nicaragua." In Rose J. Spalding ed. The Political Economy of Revolutionary Nicaragua.
Page 138 - Nicaragua." In Rose J. Spalding, ed., The Political Economy of Revolutionary Nicaragua. Boston, MA: Allen and Unwin, pp. 105-125. FitzGerald, EVK 1982 "The Economics of the Revolution.