Looking Forward : Comparative Perspectives on Cuba's Transition.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development Series .
- Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development Series .
Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- One: Looking Forward -- Two: Cuba's Civil-Military Relations in Comparative Perspective -- Three: The Cuban Constitution and the Future Democratic Transition -- Four: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Five: Gender Equality in Transition Policies -- Six: Race, Culture, and Politics -- Seven: Strategy for a Cuban Economic Transition -- Eight: Social Policy and Social Welfare -- Nine: Escaping the Corruption Curse -- Ten: The Émigré Community and Cuba's Future -- Eleven: Ideology, Culture, and Memory -- Twelve: Cuba's Future Relations with the United States -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
In an accessible style, Perez-Stable and her colleagues imagine Cuba's future after the "poof moment"--Jorge I. Domínguez's vivid phrase--when the current regime will no longer exist; not predicting how and when the Castro regime will end, but instead the possible consequences of change.