Almeida, Paul, 1968-

Mobilizing Democracy : Globalization and Citizen Protest / Paul Almeida. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. - xvi, 198 pages ; 24 cm. - Themes in global social change .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189) and index.

Introduction: globalization and citizen protest -- A theory of local opposition to globalization -- Costa Rica, the prototype for mobilization against globalization -- El Salvador : oppositional party and protest campaigns -- Panama : the legacy of military populism -- Nicaragua : third world revolution confronts globalization -- Anti-neoliberal resistance in Guatemala and Honduras -- Conclusion : state-led development legacies in the era of global capital.

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Social movements--Central America.
Protest movements--Central America.
Globalization--Social aspects--Central America.


Central America--Economic policy--Social aspects.
Central America--Politics and government--1979-

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