From The Revolution To The Maquiladoras

"This is a compelling case study of a women's NGO organizing women workers in a Free Trade Zone in post-Sandinista Nicaragua. Jennifer Bickham Mendez's account reveals the challenges faced by a feisty NGO trying to survive and maintain its autonomy--from capital, the state, and the good intentions of international donors. It is a testimony to the strengths, but also the fragility, of civil society in today's struggling democracies."--Jane S. Jaquette, coeditor of "Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe"