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SOCIAL PROBLEM‐SOLVING IN A REVOLUTIONARY SETTING: NICARAGUA'S PESTICIDE POLICY REFORMS
Author(s) -
Murray Douglas L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1984.tb00208.x
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , politics , social issues , political science , context (archaeology) , social policy , environmental policy , economic growth , political economy , development economics , public administration , sociology , economics , environmental resource management , geography , law , archaeology
Pesticide related health problems and environmental contamination have plagued the Third World for several decades. This study explores the efforts to resolve pesticide problems within the context of the Nicaraguan revolution. Through a case study of Nicaragua's pesticide policy reforms the opportunities afforded by Third World revolutions to address specific social problems are analyzed. The study then explores the array of obstacles to implementation of such reforms generated by political and military opposition to revolutionary change and concludes with an assessment of prospects for social problem‐solving in a revolutionary setting.