Nicaragua, el derrumbe negociado

"Outstanding analysis of the slow defeat of Sandinismo in Nicaragua, comparing it to the literature on transitions. Argues that to defeat authoritarian rule adversarial parties in most transactions will create a pact within the framework of an agreed-upon soon-to-be established regime; in Nicaragua adversarial parties negotiated the end of the regime itself. Major contribution"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.