IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/ajecsc/v49y1990i4p401-412.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Resource Mobilization and Political Opportunity in the Nicaraguan Revolution:

Author

Listed:
  • Alfred G. Cuzán

Abstract

. A resource mobilization political opportunities paradigm of revolution in the Third World yields the hypotheses; Sufficient poverty, corruption, and social, economic, and political inequalities, grievances and discontent are assumed to exist in most Third World autocracies to legitimate violent revolution. Yet, revolution is rare, having more to do with resources, organization, strategy, and opportunities than with generalized discontent. The following factors stand out: an expanding middle class, growing university enrollments, and urbanization; the existence of an internationally assisted revolutionary organization with leadership steeped in militant ideology; and a regime unable or unwilling to resort to large‐scale repression, or which fails to respond early and decisively to revolutionary challenges. One such factor describes Marxist‐Leninist revolutionaries, plus the know‐how for “stealing” a revolution. A subsequent article tests these generalizations regarding the Nicaraguan revolution.

Suggested Citation

  • Alfred G. Cuzán, 1990. "Resource Mobilization and Political Opportunity in the Nicaraguan Revolution:," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(4), pages 401-412, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:49:y:1990:i:4:p:401-412
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1990.tb02464.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.1990.tb02464.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1536-7150.1990.tb02464.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:49:y:1990:i:4:p:401-412. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0002-9246 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.