A Contemporary Cuba Reader : The Revolution under Raúl Castro.
Brenner, Philip.
A Contemporary Cuba Reader : The Revolution under Raúl Castro. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (489 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: History as Prologue: Cuba before 2006 -- I: Politics -- 1 Continuity and Change in Cuba at Fifty -- 2 Cuba's New Socialism -- 3 After Fidel -- 4 The Revolutionary Armed Forces -- 5 The Collapse of Socialism Is beyond the Present Horizon -- 6 Religion and Civil Society in Cuba, 1959-2013 -- 7 From Cyberspace to Public Space? -- 8 The Promise Besieged -- II: Economics -- 9 Challenges of Economic Restructuring in Cuba -- 10 Updating the Cuban Economic Model -- 11 Cuba's Entrepreneurs -- 12 Cuban Agriculture and the Current Process of Economic Transformation -- 13 The New Cuban Economy -- 14 The Political Economy of Leisure -- 15 Remittance Recipients and the Present and Future of Microentrepreneurship Activities in Cuba -- 16 Poverty and Vulnerability in Cuba Today -- 17 Economic Illegalities and the Underground Economy in Cuba -- III: Foreign Policy -- 18 Raúlista Foreign Policy -- 19 China and the Future of Cuba -- 20 Cuban-Latin American and Caribbean Relations -- 21 Cuban Medical Internationalism under Raúl Castro -- 22 Cuban Public Diplomacy -- 23 The Cuban Five and the U.S. War against Terror -- 24 Untying the Knot -- 25 Emigration and U.S.-Cuba Bilateral Relations -- 26 Dialogues within and between Cuba and Its Diaspora -- 27 Cuba, a Country with a Broken Heart -- IV: Culture -- 28 Living and Creating in Cuba -- 29 A Black Woman from Cuba, That's All -- 30 Two Songs -- 31 Culture for the Masses? -- 32 Nationhood and Identity in Contemporary Cuban Art -- 33 Questioning Authority -- 34 Zooming In -- 35 Recovering from Crisis? -- 36 Cuban Sport Development -- V: Social Change -- 37 Cuban Youth -- 38 Notes on the Race Question in Cuba Today -- 39 Memorable Characters of Cuba -- 40 Cuba's Recent Embrace of Agroecology -- 41 The Cuban Health System -- 42 Fifty Years Later. 43 Cuban Educational Reform during the "Special Period" -- 44 The Changing Dynamics of Sexuality -- 45 Transcript of Television Interview with Mariela Castro -- 46 Surfing Revolico.com -- Cuba Chronology -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
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.
9781442231009
Cuba -- History -- 1990-.
Electronic books.
F1788 .C67 2014
972.9107
A Contemporary Cuba Reader : The Revolution under Raúl Castro. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (489 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: History as Prologue: Cuba before 2006 -- I: Politics -- 1 Continuity and Change in Cuba at Fifty -- 2 Cuba's New Socialism -- 3 After Fidel -- 4 The Revolutionary Armed Forces -- 5 The Collapse of Socialism Is beyond the Present Horizon -- 6 Religion and Civil Society in Cuba, 1959-2013 -- 7 From Cyberspace to Public Space? -- 8 The Promise Besieged -- II: Economics -- 9 Challenges of Economic Restructuring in Cuba -- 10 Updating the Cuban Economic Model -- 11 Cuba's Entrepreneurs -- 12 Cuban Agriculture and the Current Process of Economic Transformation -- 13 The New Cuban Economy -- 14 The Political Economy of Leisure -- 15 Remittance Recipients and the Present and Future of Microentrepreneurship Activities in Cuba -- 16 Poverty and Vulnerability in Cuba Today -- 17 Economic Illegalities and the Underground Economy in Cuba -- III: Foreign Policy -- 18 Raúlista Foreign Policy -- 19 China and the Future of Cuba -- 20 Cuban-Latin American and Caribbean Relations -- 21 Cuban Medical Internationalism under Raúl Castro -- 22 Cuban Public Diplomacy -- 23 The Cuban Five and the U.S. War against Terror -- 24 Untying the Knot -- 25 Emigration and U.S.-Cuba Bilateral Relations -- 26 Dialogues within and between Cuba and Its Diaspora -- 27 Cuba, a Country with a Broken Heart -- IV: Culture -- 28 Living and Creating in Cuba -- 29 A Black Woman from Cuba, That's All -- 30 Two Songs -- 31 Culture for the Masses? -- 32 Nationhood and Identity in Contemporary Cuban Art -- 33 Questioning Authority -- 34 Zooming In -- 35 Recovering from Crisis? -- 36 Cuban Sport Development -- V: Social Change -- 37 Cuban Youth -- 38 Notes on the Race Question in Cuba Today -- 39 Memorable Characters of Cuba -- 40 Cuba's Recent Embrace of Agroecology -- 41 The Cuban Health System -- 42 Fifty Years Later. 43 Cuban Educational Reform during the "Special Period" -- 44 The Changing Dynamics of Sexuality -- 45 Transcript of Television Interview with Mariela Castro -- 46 Surfing Revolico.com -- Cuba Chronology -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
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.
9781442231009
Cuba -- History -- 1990-.
Electronic books.
F1788 .C67 2014
972.9107