Author: Dijkstra, Anneke Geske
Title: Industrialization in a Mixed Economic Order: A System-comparative Study of the Industrialization Policy of Nicaragua
Description: n.p. n.p. 1988. orig.wrappers. 24x17cm, xii,323 pp, University of Groningen doctoral dissertation.. Textual tables.. Minor rubbing. Name inked on title-page. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction; Industrialization in the mixed economic order of Nicaragua; The mixed economy: definition and relevance; planning, market and forms of ownership; Industrialization; Central problem and research methods; Accumulation in mixed economies; The first ten years of the USSR; The end of NEP; Socialist industrialization strategies; Inward oriented strategies; Export-oriented industrialization in socialist countries; Agro-industrialization in Cuba; Industrialization before 1979; The Central American Common Market; Interpretations of the Central American industrialization model; Perspectives for the Central American economic model; The division of economic control in Nicaragua; The methodology for the field work: Operationalization; The interviews; The sample; The investigation of agro-industry; The mixed economy: The ideology behind the mixed economic order; The Character of the Mixed Economy; Accumulation and sources for accumulation; The problematic; Reactivation and accumulation: an overview; Sources for state accumulation; The internal disequilibrium and the consequences for the income distribution; Attempts at correcting the imbalances; Mixed economy and industrialization: Industrialization objectives and policy 1979-1985; Manufacturing industry; The willingness of private producers; Summary & conclusion: The stability of the mixed economy; The industrialization strategy; The effects of the war; Some general conclusions

Keywords: Socialist Nicaragua, Central America, Socialism, Mixed Economy, Economic History, Industrialization, FSLN Policy, Political Politics, Sandinist Front