SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING IN A REVOLUTIONARY SETTING: NICARAGUA'S PESTICIDE POLICY REFORMS |
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| Authors: | Douglas L. Murray |
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| Affiliation: | Technical Advisor on Pesticide Hazards to the Nicaraguan Ministry of Labor. He was formerly the investigator of pesticide related illnesses for California OSHA's Pesticide Unit during the administration of Governor Eamund G. Brown Jr. tie holds a doctorate in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and has previously written on agricultural labor relations In California and U.S. pesticide regulatory policy. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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