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Preface I Introduction: History as Prologue: Cuba before the "Special Period" by Philip Brenner, Marguerite Rose Jiménez, John M. Kirk, and William M. LeoGrande 1 The Revolutionary and Political Content of Fidel Castro's Charismatic Authority by Nelson P. Valdés 2 July 26. History Absolved Him. Now What? by Saul Landau II Cuban Politics Editors' Introduction 3 "The Cuban Nation's Single Party": The Communist Party of Cuba Faces the Future by William M. LeoGrande 4 Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces: Last Bulwark of the State! Last Bulwark of the Revolution? by Hal Klepak 5 On Cuban Democracy: Cuba and the Democratic Culture by Raphael Hern ndez 6 Successes and Failures of a Decentralizing Experience: Cuba's Local Governments by Haroldo Dilla Alfonso and Gerardo Gonz lez Núñez 7 Society, Civil Society, and the State: An Uneasy Three-Way Affair by Dami n J. Fern ndez 8 Miami Herald Cuba Poll: The Findings and How Cubans Responded to Questions by Mimi Whitefield and Mary Beth Sheridan 9 Cuba's Catholic Dissident: The Saga of Oswaldo Pay by Tim Padgett III Cuban Economy Editors' Introduction 10 Development as an Unfinished Affair: Cuba After the 'Great Adjustment' of the 1990s by Pedro Monreal 11 The Cuban Economy: Amid Economic Stagnation and Reversal of Reforms by Mauricio de Miranda Parrondo 12 Cutting Losses: Cuba Downsizes Its Sugar Industry by Philip Peters 13 The Political Economy of Leisure by Marguerite Rose Jiménez 14 Going Against the Grain: Agricultural Crisis and Transformation by Minor Sinclair and Martha Thompson 15 Vale Todo by Ted Henken 16 Dollarization and its Discontents: Remittances and Cuba's Remaking in the Post-Soviet Era by Susan Eckstein IV Cuban Foreign Policy Editors' Introduction 17 Neoliberalism, Global Inequality, and Irreparable Destruction of Our Natural Habitat: Message to the 11th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) by Fidel Castro Ruz 18 Cuba and the Pax Americana by Jorge I. Domínguez 19 Cuba's Counter-Hegemonic Strategy by H. Michael Erisman 20 Like Sisyphus' Stone: U.S.-Cuban Relations in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001 by Soraya M. Castro Mariño 21 Advancing the Day When Cuba Will Be Free by Daniel W. Fisk 22 Fidel's Final Victory by Julia E. Sweig 23 Wanted: A Logical Cuba Policy by Wayne S. Smith 24 The Cuban Five and the U.S. War Against Terror by Leonard Weinglass 25 The European Union's Perception of Cuba: From Frustration to Irritation by Joaquín Roy 26 Sleeping with an Elephant by Peter McKenna and John M. Kirk 27 Cuban Americans and Their Transnational Ties by Susan Eckstein and Lorena Barberia V Social Transformation Editors' Introduction 28 In the Shadow of Plenty, Cuba Copes with a Crippled Health Care System by Robin C. Williams 29 Social Impact of the Economic Measures by Mirén Uriarte 30 Cuban Youth: Aspirations, Social Perceptions, and Identity by María Isabel Domínguez 31 The Cuban Education System: Lessons and Dilemmas by Lavinia Gasperini 32 Early Childhood Education in Revolutionary Cuba during the Special Period by Margo Kirk 33 Heroines of the Special Period by María López Vigil 34 The Status of Cuban Women: From Economically Dependent to Independent by Raisa Pagés 35 Recreating Racism: Race and Discrimination in Cuba's "Special Period" by Alejandro de la Fuente 36 The Status of Gays in Cuba: Myth and Reality by Larry Oberg 37 Civil Society and Religion in Cuba: Past, Present, and Future by Margaret E. Crahan 38 There is No Homeland Without Virtue by Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino VI Cuban Culture Editors' Introduction 39 A Black Woman from Cuba, That's All An interview with Nancy Morejón 40 Living and Creating in Cuba: Risks and Challenges by Leonardo Padura Fuentes 41 Visions of Dollars Dance Before Cuban Artists' Eyes by Maria Finn Domínguez 42 Ballet: Split with Cuba Still Brings Pain by Enrique Fern ndez 43 Cuban Cinema by Michael Chanan 44 Two Songs by Carlos Varela 45 From the Heart of Cuba, A Love Song for the Crescent City by David C zares 46 Rap and Revolution: Hip-Hop Comes to Cuba by Margot Olavarria 47 Home-Grown Virtuosos by Howard Reich 48 The Dual Role of Sports by Paula Pettavino and Philip Brenner 49 The Cuban Media by María López Vigil Appendix: Chronology of the "Special Period," 1986¿2006 Index About the Author
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Cuba -- History -- 1990-.