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9781552664049 (Fernwood) |
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155266404X (Fernwood) |
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9781848138674 (hb : Zed Books) |
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1848138679 (hb : Zed Books) |
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9781848138667 (pb : Zed Books) |
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1848138660 (pb : Zed Books) |
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972.9107 |
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AUG/C |
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August, Arnold, |
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Cuba and its neighbours : democracy in motion / |
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Arnold August. |
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Halifax, N.S. : |
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Fernwood Pub. ; |
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London ; |
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New York : |
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Zed Books : |
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Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, |
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c2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xviii, 267 p. : |
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23 cm. |
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Part i Clearing the Cobwebs Around Democracy<br/>1 Democracy and U.S.-Centrism<br/>Democracy or Democratization?<br/>Democratization from the Bottom Up: Occupying Public Spaces (2011-12)<br/>2 Democracy in the U.S.<br/>Birth of the U.S. and the American Dream<br/>Foreign Policy Toward Its Neighbours and Democracy Promotion<br/>Founding Fathers' Heritage and Voter Turnout<br/>Competitive Multi-Party Democratic Elections: Obama Case Study<br/>Co-Optation and Individual Opportunism<br/>The Credibility Gap<br/>Obama's First Experiences and Reactions<br/>Obama's Foreign Policy: The "New Face" and Cuba<br/>Honduras: The "Reluctant SherifT"<br/>The Occupy Movement: Breaking Out of US -Centn«;m^<br/>The November 2012 Elections and Obama<br/>3 Exploring Democracies in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador<br/>Venezuela: New Experiments in Participatory Democracy<br/>Bolivia's Democracy in Motion: On the Edge<br/>Ecuador's New Constitution: Sumak Kawsay and Participatory Democracy<br/>ALBA, CELAC and U.S. Democracy Promotion<br/>Part ii Cuba: Constitutions, Elections and New States<br/>4 Participation in Constitutions, Elections<br/>and a New State (1868-1952)<br/>Cuba's First Homegrown Constitutions,<br/>Embryonic States and Elections (1868-98)<br/>Cuba, U.S. Freedom of the Press and Military Intervention (1898)<br/>U.S. Domination, Interference and Co-Optation vs. Democracy (1898-1952).<br/>5 Democracy, Elections and the New State<br/>A Rebellion Against Dogmatism of the Ix*ft and the Batista Dictatorship (1953)<br/>Participatory Nineteenth-Century Republic in Arms Reborn (1957 -58).<br/>Lessons for Today from 1958: Grass-Roots Democracy vs. Elections,<br/>Co-Optation, Dissidence<br/>The Provisional Revolutionary Government and Constitution (1959).<br/>Elections: Who Rejected Them?<br/>Elections Analysis: Then and Now<br/>Pardcipatory Democracy and U.S. Frustradons .<br/>Democratizadon Through Mass Organizations and Pardcipation<br/>Inidal Attempts to Establish Local Governments and Elections.<br/>Origins of the PCC: Yesterday and Today<br/>Elections, New State Structure and Constitudon (1970~76)<br/>Part hi Contemporary Cuba:<br/>The Test for Democratization.<br/>6 The 2011-12 Communist Party Congress<br/>and Conference: Democratization and the Press<br/>Democratization Through People's Control and the Press<br/>Opening the Debate,<br/>The 2011 Party Congress Deliberations: Input and People's Control<br/>The Dialectics of Discrepancies and Consensus: Democracy in Motion,<br/>Congress Guidelines: Application and People's Participation<br/>The 2012 PCC Conference and the Press: Trials and Tribuladons<br/>Participatory Democracy, the Press and Social Scientists<br/>Capitalism, Socialism and Cuba's Errors<br/>7 Elections in Contemporary Cuba<br/>The Cuban Electoral Process: An Overview<br/>The Soviet Political Model: A Cuban Import?<br/>The 1992 Constitutional Reforms and Their Impact on Elecdons<br/>Elections, Constitution and Political System<br/>General Elections — First Phase: Municipal Elecdons<br/>Decentralization<br/>Voter Registration<br/>Nominadng Candidates for Elections to the Municipal Assemblies<br/>The PCC in the Nomination Process<br/>Debadng the Improvement of Nominadon Assemblies<br/>Elecdons to the Municipal Assemblies<br/>Analyzing Municipeil Elecdon Results<br/>General Elecdons — Second Phase: The Nadonal ANPP<br/>The Candidacies Commissions and Nominadons<br/>Improving the Candidacies Commissions<br/>Elections to the ANPP<br/>The Slate vs. Selecdve Vote: A Rejecdon of the Government?<br/>One Candidate for Election per ANPP Seat: Talking Figures<br/>Who Are the Deputies? Talking Quality<br/>Composition of the ANPP<br/>"Almost All Deputies Are Communist Party Members".<br/>Elections: ANPP OfTicials, Council of State and Its President, Raul Castro.<br/>8 The ANPP and the Municipality: Functioning Between Elections<br/>Are Democratization and Revolutionary Leadership Compatible?<br/>Who Legislates?<br/>Case Study: Participation in Drafting the Social Security Bill<br/>Unanimity in the /VNPP<br/>The ANPP and Cuba's Foreign Policy<br/>Municipal-Level Participation: Limits and Perspectives<br/>Cuban Democracy: Representative or Participatory?<br/>People's Councils: Potential for Further Democratization<br/>The Potential of the Local Level and Need for Enhanced Participation<br/>The Future of Democratization: Facing the Tests |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT |
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Democracy |
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Cuba. |
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Elections |
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Cuba. |
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Political participation |
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Cuba. |
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Cuba |
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Politics and government |
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Cuba |
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Politics and government |
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General Books |
