Political culture and institutional development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua : world-making in the tropics /

Cruz, Consuelo.

Political culture and institutional development in Costa Rica and Nicaragua : world-making in the tropics / Consuelo Cruz. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xvii, 281 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theoretical overview -- Manichean identities and normative scheming -- Orphans of empire -- Post-colonial paths -- Costa Rica -- Nicaragua -- Tropical histories -- Transition.

0521842034

2004026762


Political culture--History.--Costa Rica
Political culture--History.--Nicaragua


Costa Rica--Politics and government.
Nicaragua--Politics and government.

JL1456 / CRU 2005

306.2/097285