Cuba: Twenty-five years of revolution, 1959-1984

488 Pages·1985·17.16 MB·English

by  John M. Kirk (editor), Sandor Halebsky (editor)

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Cuba: Twenty-Five Years
of Revolution, 1959—1984

Cuba: Twenty-Five
Years of Revolution,
1959-1984
edited by
Sandor Halebsky
and
John M. Kirk
New York
Westport, Connecticut
London
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Cuba—twenty-five years of revolution, 1959-1984
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Cuba—Civilization—1959- —Addresses, essays,
lectures. I. Halebsky, Sandor. II. Kirk, John M.
III. Title: Cuba—25 years of revolution, 1959-1984.
F1788.C826 1985 972.9U064 84-26494
0-275-90114-9 (alk. paper)
0-275-91648-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)'
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Copyright © 1985 by Praeger Publishers
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may
be reproduced, by any process or technique, without
the express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 84-26494
ISBN: 0-275-90114-9
0-275-91648-0 (pbk.)
First published in 1985
Praeger Publishers, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010
A division of Greenwood Press, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION 1
Editors’ Introduction 3
25 Years of the Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro 19
SECTION II. SOCIAL REVOLUTION 25
1 Cuba’s Schools: 25 Years Later
Marvin Leiner 27
2 Medicine in the Community
Ross Danielson 45
3 Cuba’s Food Distribution System
Joseph Collins and Medea Benjamin 62
4 Women in Socialist Cuba, 1959-84
Alfred Padula and Lois Smith 79
5 From Counterrevolution to Modus
Vivendi: The Church in Cuba, 1959-84
John M. Kirk 93
SECTION III. CULTURAL CHANGE 115
6 The Emergence of Popular Culture
Judith A. Weiss 117
7 Film and Revolution in Cuba:
The First Twenty'Five Years
Julianne Burton 134
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8 Criticism and Literature in
Revolutionary Cuba
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria 154
SECTION IV. ECONOMIC REFORM 175
9 Economic Policy and Development
Models
Joel C. Edelstein 177
10 Cuba: Redistribution and Growth
with Equity
Claes Brundenius 193
11 Cuban Economic Planning:
Organization and Performance
Andrew Zimbalist 213
SECTION V. POLITICAL PROCESS AND
CHANGE 231
12 Continuity and Evolution of
Revolutionary Symbolism in
Verde Olivo
C. Fred Judson 233
13 Cuban Political Structure: Vanguard
Party and the Masses
Rhoda Pearl Rabkin 251
14 The Organs of People’s Power and
the Communist Party: The Nature of
Cuban Democracy
Archibald R.M. Ritter 270
15 Class, Organization, and Conciencia:
The Cuban Working Class After 1970
Marifeli PereZ'Stable 291
16 Socialist Legality and Practice:
The Cuban Experience
Max Azicri 307