Abstract
The final triumph of the Sandinista uprising in July 1979 led to radical changes in Nicaragua. Agrarian reform has been central to this revolution and so an understanding of it is central to an appreciation of the development strategy followed by the FSLN (Frente Sandinista Liberation Nacional). This chapter seeks to provide such an understanding for the first post-Somoza decade in Nicaragua.
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Thorpe, A., McGurk, D. (1991). Peasants, Participation and Productivity: an Evaluation of Sandinista Agrarian Reform 1979–90. In: Prendergast, R., Singer, H.W. (eds) Development Perspectives for the 1990s. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21630-7_9
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