A Contemporary Cuba Reader: The Revolution under Raúl Castro

A Contemporary Cuba Reader: The Revolution under Raúl Castro

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 RaÃºl Castro took over the countryâ€™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 here.

Contributions by: Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Denise Blum, Philip Brenner, Michael J. Bustamante, Mariela Castro, Soraya M. Castro MariÃ±o, MarÃa Auxiliadora CÃ©sar, Armando Chaguaceda, Margaret E. Crahan, Simon C. Darnell, Antonio Aja DÃaz, Jorge I. DomÃnguez, MarÃa Isabel DomÃnguez, Tracey Eaton, H. Michael Erisman, Richard E. Feinberg, Reina Fleitas Ruiz, Edmundo GarcÃa, Graciela GonzÃ¡lez Olmedo, Conner Gorry, Katrin Hansing, Adrian H. Hearn, Ted A. Henken, Rafael HernÃ¡ndez, Monica Hirst, Robert Huish, Marguerite Rose JimÃ©nez, Antoni Kapcia, C. William Keck, Emily J. Kirk, John M. Kirk, Hal Klepak, Sinan Koont, Par Kumaraswami, Saul Landau, William M. LeoGrande, Sandra Levinson, Esteban Morales, Nancy MorejÃ³n, Blanca MÃºnster Infante, Armando Nova GonzÃ¡lez, Manuel Orozco, Leonardo Padura Fuentes, Omar Everleny PÃ©rez Villanueva, Philip Peters, Camila PiÃ±eiro Harnecker, Clotilde Proveyer Cervantes, Archibald Ritter, Ana M. Ruiz Aguirre, Daniel Salas GonzÃ¡lez, Jorge Mario SÃ¡nchez Egozcue, Ann Marie Stock, Julia E. Sweig, Carlos Varela, Sjamme van de Voort, and MarÃa del Carmen Zabala ArgÃ¼elles.
Country USA
Brand Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-07-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781442230996

Country	USA
Brand	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2014-07-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781442230996