A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the RevolutionPhilip Brenner Rowman & Littlefield, 2008 - 413 頁 A second edition of this book is now available. Cuba has undergone dramatic changes since the collapse of European communism. The loss of economic aid and preferential trade with the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc countries forced the Cuban government to search out new ways of organizing the domestic economy and new commercial relations in an international system dominated by market economies. The resulting economic reforms have reverberated through Cuban society and politics, recreating social inequalities unknown since the 1950s and confronting the political system with unprecedented new challenges. The resulting ferment is increasingly evident in Cuban cultural expression, and the responses to adversity and scarcity have reshaped Cuban social relations. This anthology brings together the best recent scholarship and writing on Cuban politics, economics, foreign relations, society, and culture in the post-Soviet era, which Cubans call the "Special Period." Ideally suited for students and general readers seeking to understand contemporary Cuba, the book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as part introductions and a chronology. |
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History as Prologue Cuba before the Special Period | 1 |
FIDEL CASTRO AND THE CUBAN REVOLUTION | 25 |
The Revolutionary and Political Content of Fidel Castros Charismatic Authority | 27 |
July 26 History Absolved Him Now What? | 41 |
POLITICS | 45 |
The Cuban Nations Single Party The Communist Party of Cuba Faces the Future | 50 |
Cubas Revolutionary Armed Forces Last Bulwark of the State Last Bulwark of the Revolution? | 63 |
On Cuban Democracy Cuba and the Democratic Culture | 74 |
Sleeping with an Elephant | 262 |
Cuban Americans and Their Transnational Ties | 267 |
SOCIETY | 275 |
In the Shadow of Plenty Cuba Copes with a Crippled Health Care System | 281 |
Social Impact of the Economic Measures | 285 |
Cuban Youth Aspirations Social Perceptions and Identity | 292 |
The Cuban Education System Lessons and Dilemmas | 299 |
Early Childhood Education in Revolutionary Cuba during the Special Period | 302 |
Successes and Failures of a Decentralizing Experience Cubas Local Governments | 79 |
Society Civil Society and the State An Uneasy ThreeWay Affair | 92 |
Cuba Poll The Findings | 101 |
Cubas Catholic Dissident The Saga of Oswaldo Paya | 106 |
ECONOMICS | 111 |
Development as an Unfinished Affair Cuba after the Great Adjustment of the 1990s | 117 |
The Cuban Economy Amid Economic Stagnation and Reversal of Reforms | 128 |
Cutting Losses Cuba Downsizes Its Sugar Industry | 136 |
The Political Economy of Leisure | 146 |
Going against the Grain Agricultural Crisis and Transformation | 156 |
Vale Todo In Cubas Paladares Everything Is Prohibited but Anything Goes | 168 |
Dollarization and Its Discontents in the PostSoviet Era | 179 |
FOREIGN POLICY | 193 |
Neoliberalism Global Inequality and Irreparable Destruction of Our Natural Habitat Message to the 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and De... | 199 |
Cuba and the Pax Americana | 203 |
Cubas CounterHegemonic Strategy | 212 |
Like Sisyphuss Stone USCuban Relations in the Aftermath of September 11 2001 | 217 |
Advancing the Day When Cuba Will Be Free | 229 |
Fidels Final Victory | 235 |
Wanted A Logical Cuba Policy | 244 |
The Cuban Five and the US War against Terror | 249 |
The European Unions Perception of Cuba From Frustration to Irritation | 254 |
Heroines of the Special Period | 309 |
The Status of Cuban Women From Economically Dependent to Independent | 311 |
Recreating Racism Race and Discrimination in Cubas Special Period | 316 |
The Status of Gays in Cuba Myth and Reality | 326 |
Civil Society and Religion in Cuba Past Present and Future | 330 |
There Is No Homeland Without Virtue | 336 |
CULTURE | 339 |
A Black Woman from Cuba Thats All An Interview with Nancy Morejon | 344 |
Living and Creating in Cuba Risks and Challenges | 348 |
Visions of Dollars Dance Before Cuban Artists Eyes | 355 |
Ballet Split with Cuba Still Brings Pain Enrique Fernandez | 358 |
Cuban Cinema | 360 |
Two Songs | 365 |
From the Heart of Cuba a Love Song for the Crescent City | 367 |
Rap and Revolution HipHop Comes to Cuba Margot Olavarria | 369 |
HomeGrown Virtuosos | 373 |
The Dual Role of Sports | 379 |
The Cuban Media | 386 |
Chronology of the Special Period 19862006 | 393 |
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About the Editors and Contributors | 407 |
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