A contemporary Cuba reader: the revolution under Raúl Castro

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction: History as Prologue: Cuba before 2006 / Philip Brenner / Marguerite Rose Jiménez / John M. Kirk / William M. LeoGrande

I. Politics

1. Continuity and Change in Cuba at Fifty: The Revolution at a Crossroads / Carlos Alzugaray Treto

2. Cuba's New Socialism: Different Visions Shaping Current Changes / Camila Piñeiro Harnecker

3. After Fidel: The Communist Party of Cuba on the Brink of Generational Change / William M LeoGrande

4. The Revolutionary Armed Forces: Loyalty and Efficiency in the Face of Old and New Challenges / Hal Klepak

5. The Collapse of Socialism Is beyond the Present Horizon / Rafael Hernández, Interviewed / Edmundo García

6. Religion and Civil Society in Cuba, 1959-2013 / Margaret E. Crahan

7. From Cyberspace to Public Space?: The Emergent Blogosphere and Cuban Civil Society / Ted A. Henken / Sjamme van de Voort

8. The Promise Besieged: Participation and Autonomy in Cuba / Armando Chaguaceda

II. Economics

9. Challenges of Economic Restructuring in Cuba / Jorge Mario Sánchez Egozcue

10. Updating the Cuban Economic Model / Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva

11. Cuba's Entrepreneurs: Foundation of a New Private Sector / Philip Peters

12. Cuban Agriculture and the Current Process of Economic Transformation / Armando Nova González

13. The New Cuban Economy: What Roles for Foreign Investment? / Richard E. Feinberg

14. The Political Economy of Leisure / Marguerite Rose Jiménez

15. Remittance Recipients and the Present and Future of Microentrepreneurship Activities in Cuba / Manuel Orozco / Katrin Hansing

16. Poverty and Vulnerability in Cuba Today / María del Carmen Zabala Argüelles

17. Economic Illegalities and the Underground Economy in Cuba / Archibald R. M. Ritter

III. Foreign Policy

19. Raulista Foreign Policy: A Macroperspective / H. Michael Erisman

19. China and the Future of Cuba / Adrian H. Hearn

20. Cuban-Latin American and Caribbean Relations: Challenges Beyond / Monica Hirst

21. Cuban Medical Internationalism under Raul Castro / John M. Kirk

22. Cuban Public Diplomacy / Michael J. Bustamante / Julia E. Sweig

23. The Cuban Five and the U.S. War against Terror / Saul Landau

24. Untying the Knot: The Possibility of a Respectful Dialogue between Cuba and the United States / Philip Brenner / Soraya M. Castro Mariño

25. Emigration and U.S.-Cuba Bilateral Relations / Antonio Aja Díaz

26. Dialogues within and between Cuba and Its Diaspora / Jorge I. Domínguez

27. Cuba, a Country with a Broken Heart / Leonardo Padura Fuentes

IV. Culture

28. Living and Creating in Cuba: Risks and Challenges / Leonardo Padura Fuentes

29. A Black Woman from Cuba, That's All: An Interview with Nancy Morejón / Nancy Morejon

30. Two Songs / Carlos Varela

31. Culture for the Masses? / Daniel Salas González

32. Nationhood and Identity in Contemporary Cuban Art / Sandra Levinson

33. Questioning Authority: Cultural Expression of Contemporary Cuban Youth / Ana M. Ruiz Aguirre

34. Zooming In: Making and Marketing Films in Twenty-First-Century Cuba / Ann Marie Stock

35. Recovering from Crisis?: Literature, Publishing, and Nation Building in Contemporary Cuba / Par Kumaraswami / Antoni Kapcia

36. Cuban Sport Development: Building Capacity from el Parque to the Podium / Robert Huish / Simon C. Darnell

V. Social Change

37. Cuban Youth: From the "Special Period" to the "Updating" of the Economic and Social Model / María Isabel Domínguez

38. Notes on the Race Question in Cuba Today / Esteban Morales

39. Memorable Characters of Cuba / Tracey Eaton

40. Cuba's Recent Embrace of Agroecology: Urban and Suburban Agriculture / Sinan Koont

41. The Cuban Health System: In Search of Quality, Efficiency, and Sustainability / Conner Gorry / C. William Keck

42. Fifty Years Later: Women and Social Change in Cuba / Clotilde Proveyer Cervantes / Reina Fleitas Ruiz / Graciela González Olmedo / Blanca Múnster Infante / Mariía Auxiliadora César

43. Cuban Educational Reform during the "Special Period": Dust, Ashes, and Diamonds / Denise Blum

44. The Changing Dynamics of Sexuality: CENESEX and the Revolution / Emily J. Kirk

45. Transcript of Television Interview with Mariela Castro / Amy Goodman

46. Surfing Revolico.com: Cuba's Answer to Craig's List / John M. Kirk

Cuba Chronology: 2006-2013

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