Participación popular y desarrollo en los municipios cubanos
By: Haroldo Dilla Alfonso, Gerardo Gonzalez Nuñez, Ana Teresa Vincentelli.
Contributors: González Núñez, Gerardo.; Vincentelli, Ana Teresa, 1949-
Publisher: Fondo Editorial Tropykos
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Caracas
Language: spa
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Community development -- Cuba -- Citizen participation.; Municipal government -- Cuba.
Description: "Reviews history of local governments, or municipios. After briefly reviewing legal and political characteristics of local governments in the pre-1959 period, work focuses on the years following the 1959 revolution. Presents information from a systematic survey of municipios in four central cities conducted during 1989-91. Offers a detailed analysis of poder popular and its local organs. Discusses community and political participation, relative freedom of elections, continued discrimination against women in local elections, and failures of local governments"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173).