Still their backyard? The US and post-mitch development strategies in Nicaragua

Political Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 543-572

  Brown, Ed ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Hurricane mitch; Neoliberalism; Nicaragua

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; HURRICANE; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NEOLIBERALISM;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0034024561     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(00)00003-2     Document Type: Article

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