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: …
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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…
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 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…
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 …
This thesis eschews an econometric approach to the analysis of microfinance initiatives in favour of a wider, political economy approach. It paints a picture of the international financial and socio-economic environment in which microfinance as a practice has developed since the…
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…
Presidents of the United States and other American policymakers have throughout history cited democracy promotion as one of the chief goals of American foreign policy, and the current administration of George W. Bush has been no exception. However, and notwithstanding the habitu…
The global energy trilemma has brought attention to the importance of energy access, in particular to the 1.3 billion people worldwide without access to electricity. Vital for addressing poverty, improving people s quality of lives and meeting the Millennium Development Goals, s…
This thesis explores a relatively new and arguably innovative United States (US) international development initiative called the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), which was launched by President Bush in 2004 as his flagship development programme for combating global poverty. I…
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 …
The COVID-19 crisis is challenging the state capacity of nations around the world without any close historical precedent. In Central America, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua have implemented a series of legal regulations that range from scarce to extensive. It is challeng…
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…
In the post-World War II era, the United States has regularly supported armed and nonviolent resistance against regimes deemed hostile to U.S. national interests. Today, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) are the institution…
My research focuses on certain intermediary genres that mark the onset of a local form of modernity in Central America. Although supplemental to the main literary corpus of the time, autobiographies, prefaces and chronicles, poetic and political manifestos—as well as the photogr…
Teachers' strikes, dilapidated school structures, lack of available learning tools for teachers and students, and high student dropout rates were common during Nigeria's years of military rule from 1966 to 1998. The purpose of this study was to understand the reasoning behind th…
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…
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…
In addition to providing a theoretical and historical overview of the concept of utopia from antiquity through postmodernity, this work discusses the diverse manners in which “good places” and “no places” are registered in Latin American poetry in the nineteenth and twentieth ce…