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1st ed |
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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Globalisation: Understanding the Rationale for an Alternative -- The Background to Globalisation: from Capitalism 'Controlled' to Capitalism Unleashed -- The Breakdown of Keynesianism and the Rise of Neo-Liberalism -- The Global Era -- Summary and the Cuban Context -- 2. Western Liberal Democracy: Definitions, Ideology and Alternatives -- Democracy: the Cuban Context -- The Historical Roots of Democracy -- The Ideologies of Democracy -- 3. The Cuban Revolution: Building a Participatory Democratic Process -- Background to the Insurrection and the Beginnings of the Revolution -- Revolutionaries and Communists -- Crossing the Cold War Divide -- Charting a Separate Socialist Path -- Experiments in Participatory Democracy -- From Idealism to Socialist Orthodoxy -- People's Power? -- 4. The Revolution in Crisis -- The Collapse of the Soviet Bloc: a Lone Struggle in a Hostile World -- Maintaining Socialism and Participation in the Midst of Capitalist Encroachment -- Cuba's Revolutionary Malaise: Seeking Solutions -- 5. Defending Cuban Socialism Against Global Capitalism: Internal Dynamics and External Opportunities -- Fidel Castro Retires: the End of an Era? -- Integrating the Ideals of the Revolution with a Wider Counter-Hegemonic Process -- Cuba: the Options -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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An examination of Cuba's government, judging its performance against the goals of socialism. Shows the increasing relevance of the Cuban example |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Lambie, George The Cuban Revolution in the 21st Century
London : Pluto Press,c2010 9780745330112
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Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1990-;Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959
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