Los empresarios y el Estado posrevolucionario: El reordenamiento de las élites y la nueva estrategia de colaboración en Nicaragua

Spalding, Rose J.

doi:10.15517/aeca.v43i0.31556

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“…But the discussion here engages with Schneider's approach to the state-elite relationship rather than his analysis of a specific case. 5 There is also an important body of literature on economic elites in Central America (for example, Bull, Castellacci, & Kasahara, 2014;Cárdenas, 2015;Spalding, 2017). Given space limitations, I focus here on the literature directly discussing South America.…”

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Neoliberalism in Ecuador after Correa: A surprise turn or according to economic elites' plan?

Chiasson-LeBel

2019

ERLACS

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This article examines economic elites' reactions to early efforts by Ecuador's left government to limit their clout. Elites developed an infrastructure of dissent to promote their interests. Some chambers of commerce and industry adapted their strategies to promote ideas and public figures that would gain increasing public and political prominence. Domestic conglomerates used different strategies to regain influence: ostentatious attempts to use economic power to capture the highest sphere of government offered promising results when accompanied by electoral wins, but active yet subtler strategies to improve their public image allowed some conglomerates to dispute the definition of development with the state and to cast themselves as representing collective well-being. By showing how economic elites used the global economic conjuncture and the trend of corporate social responsibility to advance their economic program, this article demonstrates that studying the agency of economic elites is essential for understanding how business interests shape political outcomes..

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Neoliberalism in Ecuador after Correa: A surprise turn or according to economic elites' plan?

Chiasson-LeBel

2019

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“…U.S. intervention established the twin features of electoralism (Tulchin & Walter, ) and police power (Huggins, ) imposed on a political culture, which, given these contradictions, did not transform into an idealized model of liberal democracy. Revolutionary and counter‐revolutionary violence have morphed into a post‐socialist “pink tide” authoritarian state adapting to global neoliberal policies (Lievesley & Ludlam, ) and pragmatically working with Nicaraguan business forces (Spalding, ).…”

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Nicaragua and Agamben’s State of Exception: Misunderstood History and Current Crisis

Stanford¹

2019

Latin American Policy

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This article analyzes Giorgio Agamben’s state of exception and evaluates its implications for understanding the crisis in Nicaragua in 2018. The lens of exception fails to encourage critical questions about the complicated social and historical dynamics of Nicaragua’s contentious politics. Conflict transformation and global civil society could open a space for the social forces struggling to redefine state power and resolve the crisis.

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“…Besides Morales Carazo, Ortega had on his team another powerful agricultural entrepreneur, Bayardo Arce, as economic adviser. The appointment of a high-ranking Sandinista commander and member of the FSLN’s national directorate in the 1980s reflected the belief that once-hard-core revolutionaries could open their minds to the ways of the market and work to advance commercial interests (Spalding, 2017: 166).…”

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The Perils of Reconciliation: Achievements and Challenges of Daniel Ortega and the Modern FSLN

Feliciano¹

2018

Latin American Perspectives

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Against the background of unprecedented levels of support and popularity since recovering power, the experience of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) shows that alliances unorthodox for a leftist party have rendered electoral results at the cost of putting more profound structural transformations on hold. Ten years after its electoral comeback, the FSLN has a lot to show for itself, largely because of the stable climate attributable to its decision to make peace with its historical foes. At the same time, its efforts at empowering the citizenry have been limited at best. Entrenched in the wealth of political capital it has accumulated, it is in a good position to take calculated risks in favor of bold redistributive policies. Not taking more daring steps toward the socialist transformation of society at this juncture could in due time cost it its role as articulator of the leftist agenda in Nicaragua. En un contexto de niveles de apoyo y popularidad sin precedentes desde la recuperación del poder, la experiencia del Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) muestra que alianzas heterodoxas para un partido de izquierda han dado resultados electorales a costa de detener transformaciones estructurales más profundas. Diez años después de su regreso electoral, el FSLN tiene muchos logros que mostrar, en gran parte debido al clima estable atribuible a su decisión de hacer las paces con sus enemigos históricos. Al mismo tiempo, sus esfuerzos para empoderar a la ciudadanía han sido limitados en el mejor de los casos. Afirmado en la abundancia de capital político que ha acumulado, se encuentra en una buena posición para tomar riesgos calculados a favor de políticas redistributivas audaces. No dar pasos más audaces hacia la transformación socialista de la sociedad en esta coyuntura podría, a su debido tiempo, costarle su papel como articulador de la agenda izquierdista en Nicaragua.

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Los empresarios y el Estado posrevolucionario: El reordenamiento de las élites y la nueva estrategia de colaboración en Nicaragua

Cited by 19 publications

References 11 publications

Neoliberalism in Ecuador after Correa: A surprise turn or according to economic elites' plan?

Neoliberalism in Ecuador after Correa: A surprise turn or according to economic elites' plan?

Nicaragua and Agamben’s State of Exception: Misunderstood History and Current Crisis

The Perils of Reconciliation: Achievements and Challenges of Daniel Ortega and the Modern FSLN

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