Citizenship is premised on universal rights, yet experienced by some citizens as differentiated or conditional, risking their further marginalisation. Deeper understanding of these dynamics can generate insights for inclusive policymaking. This research studies how citizens livi…
This book interrogates the impact of tourism on local lives and environments along the southern Pacific Coast of Nicaragua. Nicaragua has turned to tourism to earn needed foreign exchange and to provide jobs. The unplanned boom, however, has come with costs to local environments…
This book interrogates the impact of tourism on local lives and environments along the southern Pacific Coast of Nicaragua. Nicaragua has turned to tourism to earn needed foreign exchange and to provide jobs. The unplanned boom, however, has come with costs to local environments…
This PhD thesis explores the migration dynamics between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Rather than just describing the main characteristics of the contemporary migration relations between the two countries, however, it also evaluates the historical and regional contexts within which …
In this dissertation, I examine the works of Rubén Darío (1867-1916) and Sergio Ramírez (b. 1942) with the goal of determining their contributions to the construction and representation of sound, music, and sound technology in twentieth-century Nicaragua literature. I consider: …
Before, during, and after the Costa Rican Revolution of 1948 and the Costa Rica-Nicaragua Crisis of 1948-1949, the Truman Administration maintained a posture of strict neutrality and helped to isolate, and bring a quick end to, both conflicts. This thesis attempts to revise the …
For public opinion to have an effect on foreign policy, it must first enter into the political debate over policy. I classify issues according to how they are presented to the public, the key variables being crisis/non-crisis, the level of media salience, and whether elites agre…
This dissertation examines the human rights claims of two Afro-descendant communities, namely the community of Tierrabomba in Colombia and the community of Orinoco in Nicaragua. It analyzes how these human rights claims are protected in international human rights and domestic le…
American foreign policy is made in a complex institutional setting in which a number of actors or groups may influence both the process and the substance of policy. Unfortunately, studies of American foreign policy do not typically recognize or cope with this, preferring to focu…
This study examines the causes and consequences of repression and accommodation in post-internal war states. Elites' perceptions of their own vulnerability and subsequent war involvement in the aftermath of an internal war affect the choice between and among repressive and accom…
This research draws on a testimonies project conducted on a July 2019 delegation to Nicaragua led by the Friends of the ATC solidarity network with the Asociación de Trabajadores Del Campo. This thesis explores the geopolitical interests of the United States in Nicaragua and the…
This research explores the rhetorical features and effects of testimonies (testimonios) in light of revolutionary movements and civil wars that developed in Central America during the Cold War. This non-fiction genre recounts first person narratives of real experiences of guerri…
An estimated 15% of the world’s population have a disability—roughly 80% of whom live in the Global South. People with disabilities experience profound social disparities that affect their quality of life and social inclusion. Due to the array of cultural perspectives and instit…