A contemporary Cuba reader
Subtitle: the revolution under Raúl Castro
By: edited by Philip Brenner, Marguerite Rose Jiménez, John M. Kirk, and William M. LeoGrande
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9781442230989; 9781442230996
Subjects: History
Description: "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 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." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: History as prologue: Cuba before 2006 / Philip Brenner, Marguerite Rose Jiménez, John M. Kirk, and William M. LeoGrande; title: Continuity and change in Cuba at fifty: the revolution at a crossroads / Carlos Alzugaray Treto; title: Cuba's new socialism: different visions shaping current changes / Camila Piñeiro Harnecker; title: After Fidel: the communist party of Cuba on the brink of generational change / William M. LeoGrande; title: The revolutionary armed forces: loyalty and efficiency in the face of old and new challenges / Hal Klepak; title: The collapse of socialism is beyond the present horizon / Rafael Hernández, interviewed by Edmundo García; title: Religion and civil society in Cuba, 1959-2013 / Margaret E. Crahan; title: From cyberspace to public space? The emergent blogosphere and Cuban civil society / Ted A. Henken, Sjamme van de Voort; title: The promise besieged: participation and autonomy in Cuba / Armando Chaguaceda; title: Challenges of economic restructuring in Cuba / Jorge Mario Sánchez Egozcue; title: Updating the Cuban economic model / Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva; title: Cuba's entrepreneurs: foundation of a new private sector / Philip Peters; title: Cuban agriculture and the current process of economic transformation / Armando Nova González; title: The new Cuban economy: what roles for foreign investment? / Richard E. Feinberg; title: The political economy of leisure / Marguerite Rose Jiménez; title: Remittance recipients and the present and future of microentrepreneurship activities in Cuba / Manuel Orozco, Katrin Hansing; title: Poverty and vulnerability in Cuba today / María del Carmen Zabala Argüelles; title: Economic illegalities and the underground economy in Cuba / Archibald R.M. Ritter; title: Raúlista foreign policy: a macroperspective / H. Michael Erisman; title: China and the future of Cuba / Adrian H. Hearn; title: Cuban-Latin American and Caribbean relations: challenges beyond / Monica Hirst; title: Cuban medical internationalism under Raúl Castro / John M. Kirk; title: Cuban public diplomacy / Michael J. Bustamante, Julia E. Sweig; title: The Cuban five and the U.S. war against terror / Saul Landau; title: Untying the knot: the possibility of a respectful dialogue between Cuba and the United States / Philip Brenner, Soraya M. Castro Mariño; title: Emigration and U.S.-Cuba bilateral relations / Antonio Aja Díaz; title: Dialogues within and between Cuba and its diaspora / Jorge I. Domínguez; title: Cuba, a country with a broken heart / Leonardo Padura Fuentes; title: Living and creating in Cuba: risks and challenges / Leonardo Padura Fuentes; title: A black woman from Cuba, that's all: an interview with Nancy Morejón / Nancy Morejón; title: Two songs / Carlos Varela; title: Culture for the masses? / Daniel Salas González; title: Nationhood and identity in contemporary Cuban art / Sandra Levinson; title: Questioning authority: cultural expression of contemporary Cuban youth / Ana M. Ruiz Aguirre; title: Zooming in: making and marketing films in twenty-first-century Cuba / Ann Marie Stock; title: Recovering from crisis? Literature, publishing, and nation building in contemporary Cuba / Par Kumaraswami, Antoni Kapcia; title: Cuban sport development: building capacity from el parque to the podium / Robert Huish, Simon C. Darnell; title: Cuban youth: from the special period to the updating of the economic and social model / María Isabel Domínguez; title: Notes on the race question in Cuba today / Esteban Morales; title: Memorable characters of Cuba / Tracey Eaton; title: Cuba's recent embrace of agroecology: urban and suburban agriculture / Sinan Koont; title: The Cuban health system: in search of quality, efficiency, and sustainability / Conner Gorry, C. William Keck; title: Fifty years later: women and social change in Cuba / Clotilde Proveyer Cervantes, Reina Fleitas Ruiz, Graciela Gonazález Olmedo, Blanca Múnster Infante, María Auxiliadora César; title: Cuban educational reform during the special period: dust, ashes, and diamonds / Denise Blum; title: The changing dynamics of sexuality: CENESEX and the revolution / Emily J. Kirk; title: Transcript of television interview with Mariela Castro / Amy Goodman; title: Surfing revolico.com: Cuba's answer to Craig's list / John M. Kirk; title: Cuba chronology: 2006-2013.