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A contemporary Cuba reader: reinventing the Revolution
Publisher
Rowman and Littlefield
Publication Date
c2008
Language
English
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Preface
Introduction: History as Prologue : Cuba before the Special Period / Philip Brenner, Marguerite Rose Jimenez, John M. Kirk, and William M. LeoGrande
The Revolutionary and Political Content of Fidel Castro's Charismatic Authority / Nelson P. Valdesy
July 26. History Absolved Him. Now What
Saul Landau
Cuban Politics
Editors' Introduction
The Cuban Nation's Single Party : The Communist Party of Cuba Faces the Future / William M. LeoGrande
Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces: Last Bulwark of the State, Last Bulwark of the Revolution / Hal Klepak
On Cuban Democracy : Cuba and the Democratic Culture / Raphael Hernandez
Successes and Failures of a Decentralizing Experience: Cuba's Local Governments / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso and Gerardo Gonzalez Nunez
Society, Civil Society, and the State : An Uneasy Three-Way Affair / Damian J. Fernandez
Cuba Poll : The Findings and How Cubans Responded to Questions / Mimi Whitefield and Mary Beth Sheridan
Cuba's Catholic Dissident : The Saga of Oswaldo Pay / Tim Padgett
Cuban Economy
Editors' Introduction
Development as an Unfinished Affair : Cuba After the Great Adjustment of the 1990s / Pedro Monreal
The Cuban Economy: Amid Economic Stagnation and Reversal of Reforms / Mauricio de Miranda Parrondo
Cutting Losses : Cuba Downsizes Its Sugar Industry / Philip Peters
The Political Economy of Leisure / Marguerite Rose Jimenez
Going Against the Grain: Agricultural Crisis and Transformation / Minor Sinclair and Martha Thompson
Vale Todo / Ted Henken
Dollarization and its Discontents : Remittances and Cuba's Remaking in the Post Soviet Era / Susan Eckstein
Cuban Foreign Policy
Editors' Introduction
Neoliberalism, Global Inequality, and Irreparable Destruction of Our Natural Habita t: Message to the 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) / Fidel Castro Ruz
Cuba and the Pax Americana / Jorge I. Domínguez
Cuba's Counter Hegemonic Strategy / Michael Erisman
Like Sisyphus' Stone : U.S. Cuban Relations in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001 / Soraya M. Castro Marino
Advancing the Day When Cuba Will Be Free / Daniel W. Fisk
Fidel's Final Victory / Julia E. Sweig
Wanted : A Logical Cuba Policy / Wayne S. Smith
The Cuban Five and the U.S. War Against Terror / Leonard Weinglass
The European Union's Perception of Cuba: From Frustration to Irritation / Joaquín Roy
Sleeping with an Elephant / Peter McKenna and John M. Kirk
Cuban Americans and Their Transnational Ties / Susan Eckstein and Lorena Barberia
Social Transformation
In the Shadow of Plenty, Cuba Copes with a Crippled Health Care System / Robin C. Williams
Social Impact of the Economic Measures / Miren Uriarte
Cuban Youth: Aspirations, Social Perceptions, and Identity / María Isabel Domínguez
The Cuban Education System: Lessons and Dilemmas / Lavinia Gasperini
Early Childhood Education in Revolutionary Cuba during the Special Period / Margo Kirk
Heroines of the Special Period / María López Vigil
The Status of Cuban Women: From Economically Dependent to Independent / Raisa Pages
Recreating Racism: Race and Discrimination in Cuba's Special Period / Alejandro de la Fuente
The Status of Gays in Cuba : Myth and Reality / Larry Oberg
Civil Society and Religion in Cuba: Past, Present, and Future / Margaret E. Crahan
There is No Homeland Without Virtue / Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino
Cuban Culture
Editors' Introduction
A Black Woman from Cuba, That's All
An interview with Nancy Morejon
Living and Creating in Cuba: Risks and Challenges / Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Visions of Dollars Dance Before Cuban Artists' Eyes / Maria Finn Domínguez
Ballet : Split with Cuba Still Brings Pain / Enrique Fernandez
Cuban Cinema / Michael Chanan
Two Songs / Carlos Varela
From the Heart of Cuba, A Love song.
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9780742555075
9780742555068
9780742555068
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