Cuban Communism, 1959-2003 / Edition 11

by Irving Louis Horowitz

Overview

"Cuban Communism remains, like its previous ten editions, an important contribution to the field of Cuban Studies. It includes many useful chronological facts, as well as a selection of Fidel Castro's speeches which are interesting and informative for any reader interested in the island." — Maria Gropas, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge This new 11th edition of a classic text, come to be known as "the bible of Cuban Studies," emphasizes two key issues of the twenty-first century. First, transition concerns in a world without Castro, and second, the continuing embargo of Cuba by the United States in the aftermath of a major change in the presidency. Cuban Communism has been updated to take account of changes in the 44 years of Castro's rule since seizing power in 1959. In addition to articles and essays that represent new developments in Cuba, the work boasts a database upgrade that makes it more important to students, scholars, and researchers. The volume has expanded the section on future prospects for civil society and democracy in a post-Castro environment; including "Regime Change in Cuba" by Eusebio Mujal-Leon and Joshua W. Busby; "Transition Scenarios" by Randolph H. Pherson, and "A Policy Conundrum over Cuba" by Edward Gonzalez. It also contains a chronology of events from 1959 through 2002. Finally, the new work contains a carefully constructed Who's Who of important players in Cuba and the regime during the Castro period up to the present. Other articles new to the 11th edition of Cuban Communism are by Ernesto Betancourt, "Cuba's Balance of Payment Gap"; Carmelo Mesa-Lago, "The Cuban Economy From 1999-2001"; Taylor Boas, "The Internet and U.S. Policy toward Cuba"; Aldo M. Leiva, "Environmental Technology Transfer and Foreign Investment"; Moises Asis, "Judaism in Cuba"; Wolf Grabendorff, "A View from the European Union." More than ever, it is a must volume for those interested in political systems and social structures. Irving Louis Horowitz is Hannah Arendt Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Rutgers University. Among his works are Three Worlds of Development, Beyond Empire and Revolution, and his Bacardi Lectures on Cuba that was published as The Conscience of Worms and the Cowardice of Lions. Jaime Suchlicki is Bacardi Professor of History at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Miami, and executive director of its Cuban-American and Cuban Center. He is author of From Columbus to Castro, University Students and Revolution in Cuba, and Mexico: From Montezuma to Nafta and Beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765805201
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	05/31/2003
Edition description:	11TH
Pages:	758
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Irving Louis Horowitz (1929-2012) was Hannah Arendt Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Rutgers University. He was the founder and served as chairman of the board and editorial director of Transaction Publishers.

Jaime Suchlicki, one of the leading scholars of Latin America, has taught Mexican and Cuban history for more than thirty years. Formerly executive director of the North-South Center at the University of Miami, he is now Bacardi Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies. He formerly edited the Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs and has had a number of advisory positions in public and private sectors. He is author of University Students and Revolution in Cuba and Cuba: From Columbus to Castro.

Table of Contents

1: History; 1: One Hundred Years of Ambiguity: U.S.-Cuba Relations in the 20th Century; 2: Cuba: The United States and Batista, 1952-1958; 3: The Sierra and the Plains; 4: Guerrillas at War; 5: Learning from the Cuban Missile Crisis; 6: Immutable Proclamations and Unintended Consequences; 7: Fidelismo: The Unfulfilled Ideology; 2: Economy; 8: The Cuban Economy in 1999-2001: Evaluation of Performance; 9: Labor Conditions in Revolutionary Cuba; 10: The Political Economy of Caudillismo; 11: Market-Oriented Marxism: Post-Cold War Transition in Cuba and Vietnam; 12: Waiting For Godot: Cuba’s Stalled Reforms and Continuing Economic Crisis; 13: Cuba’s Transition from Communism to Political and Economic Freedom; 14: Economic Organizations and Post-Castro Cuba; 3: Society; 15: Searching for Civil Society in Cuba; 16: The Conventionalization of Collective Behavior; 17: The Internet and U.S. Policy toward Cuba; 18: Women, Family, and the Cuban Revolution *; 19: Health Care in Cuba; 20: Cuba’s Refugees: Manifold Migrations; 21: The Moral Basis of Cuban Society; 4: Military; 22: Political-Military Relations from 1959 to the Present; 23: Vanguard of the State: The Cuban Armed Forces in Transition; 24: Military Origin and Evolution of the Cuban Revolution; 25: The Cuban Armed Forces: Changing Roles, Continued Loyalties; 26: Cuban Military Influences on Political and Economic Decision-Making; 5: Polity; 27: Why the Cuban Regime Has Not Fallen; 28: Cuba: Without Subsidies; 29: Cuba: Economic Sanctions and American Diplomacy; 30: Cuba and the United States: Back to the Beginning; 31: Much Ado About Something?: Regime Change in Cuba; 32: The Cuban Revolution and Its Acolytes; 33: After Fidel, What?: Forecasting Institutional Changes in Cuba; 6: Transition to Civil Society; 34: The United States and Cuba: Future Security Issues; 35: Role of the United States and International Lending Institutions in Cuba’s Transition; 36: Three Variations on Communist Successor Regimes; 37: Festina Lente: The United States and Cuba After Castro; 38: Humanitarian Assistance during a Democratic Transition in Cuba; 39: Economic and Social Disparities in Cuba: Recommendations for Change

Editorial Reviews

The Elian Gonzalez case and its aftermath is one of the events enhancing the latest edition of the compendium of articles and essays, which has been updated frequently between 1970 and 1998. Also revised are projections for post-Castro Cuba, a chronology from 1959 to 2000, and biographical sketches of important figures. Still missing is an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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