Cruz, Consuelo.

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780511528088 (electronic bk.)




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


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


Electronic books.

JL1456 / .C78 2005

306.2/097285