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“Managua Is Nicaragua” The Making of a Neoliberal City
Author(s) -
Babb Florence E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
city and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1548-744X
pISSN - 0893-0465
DOI - 10.1525/city.1999.11.1-2.27
Subject(s) - elite , neoliberalism (international relations) , latin americans , politics , face (sociological concept) , government (linguistics) , power (physics) , political science , civil society , right to the city , space (punctuation) , gender studies , political economy , economic growth , sociology , development economics , law , social science , economics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
The Changing Face of the city of Managua in Nicaragua reflects the current government's desire to erase evidence of the revolutionary past and to present a welcoming environment for foreign investors and the national elite. The use of urban space is inflected by gender and power in the neoliberal era as women and low‐income residents in general are removed from public view or located in marginal sites. Ironically, harsh conditions may be catalyzing a more unified response from civil society to address the nation's problems. [Latin America, Nicaragua, neoliberalism, gender, cultural politics]