"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.
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