Table of Contents
Introduction: History as Prologue, Cuba Before 2006, Philip Brenner, Marguerite Rose Jiménez, John M. Kirk, and William M. LeoGrande Part I: Politics Chapter 1: Continuity and Change in Cuba at Fifty: The Revolution at a Crossroads, Carlos Alzugaray Treto Chapter 2: Cuba’s New Socialism: Different Visions Shaping Current Changes, Camila Piñeiro Harnecker Chapter 3: After Fidel: The Cuban Communist Party on the Brink of Generational Change, William M. LeoGrande Chapter 4: The Revolutionary Armed Forces: Loyalty and Efficiency in the Face of Old and New Challenges, Hal Klepak Chapter 5: The Collapse of Socialism Is beyond the Present Horizon, Rafael Hernández, Interviewed by Edmundo García Chapter 6: Religion and Civil Society in Cuba, 1959–2013, Margaret E. Crahan Chapter 7: From Cyberspace to Public Space?: The Emergent Blogosphere and Cuban Civil Society, Ted A. Henken and Sjamme van de Voort Chapter 8: The Promise Besieged: Participation and Autonomy in Cuba, Armando Chaguaceda Part II: Economics Chapter 9: Challenges of Economic Restructuring in Cuba, Jorge Mario Sánchez Egozcue Chapter 10: Updating the Cuban Economic Model, Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva Chapter 11: Cuba’s Entrepreneurs: Foundation of a New Private Sector, Philip Peters Chapter 12: Cuban Agriculture and the Current Process of Economic Transformation, Armando Nova González Chapter 13: The New Cuban Economy: What Roles for Foreign Investment? Richard E. Feinberg Chapter 14: The Political Economy of Leisure, Marguerite Rose Jiménez Chapter 15: Remittance Recipients and the Present and Future of Microentrepreneurship Activities in Cuba, Manuel Orozco and Katrin Hansing Chapter 16: Poverty and Vulnerability in Cuba Today, María del Carmen Zabala Argüelles Chapter 17: Economic Illegalities and the Underground Economy in Cuba, Archibald Ritter Part III: Foreign Policy Chapter 18: Raúlista Foreign Policy: A Macroperspective, H. Michael Erisman Chapter 19: China and the Future of Cuba, Adrian H. Hearn Chapter 20: Cuban–Latin American and Caribbean Relations: Challenges Beyond, Monica Hirst Chapter 21: Cuban Medical Internationalism under Raúl Castro, John M. Kirk Chapter 22: Cuban Public Diplomacy, Michael J. Bustamante and Julia E. Sweig Chapter 23: The Cuban Five and the U.S. War against Terror, Saul Landau Chapter 24: Untying the Knot: The Possibility of a Respectful Dialogue between Cuba and the United States, Philip Brenner and Soraya M. Castro Mariño Chapter 25: Emigration and U.S.-Cuba Bilateral Relations, Antonio Aja Díaz Chapter 26: Dialogues within and between Cuba and Its Diaspora, Jorge I. Domínguez Chapter 27: Cuba, a Country with a Broken Heart, Leonardo Padura Fuentes Part IV: Culture Chapter 28: Living and Creating in Cuba: Risks and Challenges, Leonardo Padura Fuentes Chapter 29: A Black Woman from Cuba, That’s All: An Interview with Nancy Morejón, Nancy Morejón Chapter 30: Two Songs, Carlos Varela Chapter 31: Culture for the Masses? Daniel Salas González Chapter 32: Nationhood and Identity in Contemporary Cuban Art, Sandra Levinson Chapter 33: Questioning Authority: Cultural Expression of Contemporary Cuban Youth, Ana M. Ruiz Aguirre Chapter 34: Zooming In: Making and Marketing Films in Twenty-First-Century Cuba, Ann Marie Stock Chapter 35: Recovering from Crisis?: Literature, Publishing, and Nation Building in Contemporary Cuba, Par Kumaraswami and Antoni Kapcia Chapter 36: Cuban Sport Development: Building Capacity from el Parque to the Podium, Robert Huish and Simon C. Darnell Part V: Social Change Chapter 37: Cuban Youth: From the “Special Period” to the “Updating” of the Economic and Social Model, María Isabel Domínguez Chapter 38: Notes on the Race Question in Cuba Today, Esteban Morales Chapter 39: Memorable Characters of Cuba, Tracey Eaton Chapter 40: Cuba’s Recent Embrace of Agroecology: Urban and Suburban Agriculture, Sinan Koont Chapter 41: The Cuban Health System: In Search of Quality, Efficiency, and Sustainability, Conner Gory and C. William Keck Chapter 42: Fifty Years Later: Women and Social Change in Cuba, Clotilde Proveyer Cervantes, Reina Fleitas Ruiz, Graciela González Olmedo, Blanca Múnster Infante, and María Auxiliadora César Chapter 43: Cuban Educational Reform during the "Special Period": Dust, Ashes, and Diamonds, Denis Blum Chapter 44: The Changing Dynamics of Sexuality: CENESEX and the Revolution, Emily J. Kirk Chapter 45: Transcript of Television Interview with Mariela Castro, Amy Goodman Chapter 46: Surfing Revolico.com: Cuba’s Answer to Craig’s List, John M. Kirk Cuba Chronology: 2006–2013