A Contemporary Cuba Reader

The Revolution under Raúl Castro
Herausgeber: Brenner, Philip; Kirk, John M.; Jiménez, Marguerite Rose

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This completely revised and updated edition focuses on Cuba since Raúl Castro took over the country's leadership in 2006. A Contemporary Cuba Reader brings together the best recent scholarship and writing on Cuban politics, economics, foreign relations, society, and culture in present-day Cuba. Ideally suited for students and general readers seeking to understand this still-contentious and controversial island, the book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as part introductions and a chronology. Supplementary resources for students and professors are available on the R&L website.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1092g
• ISBN-13: 9781442230989
• ISBN-10: 1442230983
• Artikelnr.: 40455626

Autorenporträt

Philip Brenner is professor of international relations at American University. Marguerite Rose Jiménez is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Public Affairs at American University. John M. Kirk is professor of Latin American studies at Dalhousie University. William M. LeoGrande is professor of government at American University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: History as Prologue
Cuba Before 2006
Philip Brenner
Marguerite Rose Jiménez
John M. Kirk
and William M. LeoGrande Part I: Politics Chapter 1: Continuity and Change in Cuba at Fifty: The Revolution at a Crossroads
Carlos Alzugaray Treto Chapter 2: Cuba's New Socialism: Different Visions Shaping Current Changes
Camila Piñeiro Harnecker Chapter 3: After Fidel: The Cuban Communist Party on the Brink of Generational Change
William M. LeoGrande Chapter 4: The Revolutionary Armed Forces: Loyalty and Efficiency in the Face of Old and New Challenges
Hal Klepak Chapter 5: The Collapse of Socialism Is beyond the Present Horizon
Rafael Hernández
Interviewed by Edmundo García Chapter 6: Religion and Civil Society in Cuba
1959-2013
Margaret E. Crahan Chapter 7: From Cyberspace to Public Space?: The Emergent Blogosphere and Cuban Civil Society
Ted A. Henken and Sjamme van de Voort Chapter 8: The Promise Besieged: Participation and Autonomy in Cuba
Armando Chaguaceda Part II: Economics Chapter 9: Challenges of Economic Restructuring in Cuba
Jorge Mario Sánchez Egozcue Chapter 10: Updating the Cuban Economic Model
Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva Chapter 11: Cuba's Entrepreneurs: Foundation of a New Private Sector
Philip Peters Chapter 12: Cuban Agriculture and the Current Process of Economic Transformation
Armando Nova González Chapter 13: The New Cuban Economy: What Roles for Foreign Investment? Richard E. Feinberg Chapter 14: The Political Economy of Leisure
Marguerite Rose Jiménez Chapter 15: Remittance Recipients and the Present and Future of Microentrepreneurship Activities in Cuba
Manuel Orozco and Katrin Hansing Chapter 16: Poverty and Vulnerability in Cuba Today
María del Carmen Zabala Argüelles Chapter 17: Economic Illegalities and the Underground Economy in Cuba
Archibald Ritter Part III: Foreign Policy Chapter 18: Raúlista Foreign Policy: A Macroperspective
H. Michael Erisman Chapter 19: China and the Future of Cuba
Adrian H. Hearn Chapter 20: Cuban-Latin American and Caribbean Relations: Challenges Beyond
Monica Hirst Chapter 21: Cuban Medical Internationalism under Raúl Castro
John M. Kirk Chapter 22: Cuban Public Diplomacy
Michael J. Bustamante and Julia E. Sweig Chapter 23: The Cuban Five and the U.S. War against Terror
Saul Landau Chapter 24: Untying the Knot: The Possibility of a Respectful Dialogue between Cuba and the United States
Philip Brenner and Soraya M. Castro Mariño Chapter 25: Emigration and U.S.-Cuba Bilateral Relations
Antonio Aja Díaz Chapter 26: Dialogues within and between Cuba and Its Diaspora
Jorge I. Domínguez Chapter 27: Cuba
a Country with a Broken Heart
Leonardo Padura Fuentes Part IV: Culture Chapter 28: Living and Creating in Cuba: Risks and Challenges
Leonardo Padura Fuentes Chapter 29: A Black Woman from Cuba
That's All: An Interview with Nancy Morejón
Nancy Morejón Chapter 30: Two Songs
Carlos Varela Chapter 31: Culture for the Masses? Daniel Salas González Chapter 32: Nationhood and Identity in Contemporary Cuban Art
Sandra Levinson Chapter 33: Questioning Authority: Cultural Expression of Contemporary Cuban Youth
Ana M. Ruiz Aguirre Chapter 34: Zooming In: Making and Marketing Films in Twenty-First-Century Cuba
Ann Marie Stock Chapter 35: Recovering from Crisis?: Literature
Publishing
and Nation Building in Contemporary Cuba
Par Kumaraswami and Antoni Kapcia Chapter 36: Cuban Sport Development: Building Capacity from el Parque to the Podium
Robert Huish and Simon C. Darnell Part V: Social Change Chapter 37: Cuban Youth: From the "Special Period" to the "Updating" of the Economic and Social Model
María Isabel Domínguez Chapter 38: Notes on the Race Question in Cuba Today
Esteban Morales Chapter 39: Memorable Characters of Cuba
Tracey Eaton Chapter 40: Cuba's Recent Embrace of Agroecology: Urban and Suburban Agriculture
Sinan Koont Chapter 41: The Cuban Health System: In Search of Quality
Efficiency
and Sustainability
Conner Gory and C. William Keck Chapter 42: Fifty Years Later: Women and Social Change in Cuba
Clotilde Proveyer Cervantes
Reina Fleitas Ruiz
Graciela González Olmedo
Blanca Múnster Infante
and María Auxiliadora César Chapter 43: Cuban Educational Reform during the "Special Period": Dust
Ashes
and Diamonds
Denis Blum Chapter 44: The Changing Dynamics of Sexuality: CENESEX and the Revolution
Emily J. Kirk Chapter 45: Transcript of Television Interview with Mariela Castro
Amy Goodman Chapter 46: Surfing Revolico.com: Cuba's Answer to Craig's List
John M. Kirk Cuba Chronology: 2006-2013