In recent years, child
migrants from Central America have arrived in the United States in
unprecedented numbers. But whilst minors from Honduras, Guatemala and El
Salvador make the perilous journey to the north, their Nicaraguan peers have
remained in Central America. Nicaragua also enjoys lower murder rates and
far fewer gang problems when compared with her neighbours.



Why is Nicaragua so different? The present
government has promulgated a discourse of Nicaraguan exceptionalism, arguing
that Nicaragua is unique thanks to heritage of the 1979 Sandinista revolution.
This volume critically interrogates that claim, asking whether the legacy of
the revolution is truly exceptional. An interdisciplinary work, the book brings
together historians, anthropologists and sociologists to explore the
multifarious ways in which the revolutionary past continues to shape public
policy - and daily life - in Nicaragua's tumultuous present.