From Protest to Proposal: The Contentious Politics of the Nicaraguan Anti-Water Privatisation Social Movement

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-514

  Romano, Sarah T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic services; Contentious politics; Democratisation; Nicaragua; Privatisation; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEMOCRATIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL CONFLICT; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84865861554     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2012.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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