{"product_id":"peoples-power-cubas-experience-with-representative-government-critical-currents-in-latin-american-perspective-series-cubas-experience-with-representative-government-updated-edition-updated-9780742525658","title":"Peoples Power Cubas Experience with","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA theoretical, historical, and contemporary analysis. The book encompasses the institution of the Organs of the People's power in 1976 to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition:  This is the first study to demarcate an important organ of Cuba's socialist government from its Soviet model. The study results in a reassessment of some entrenched presumptions about Cuba-that its government is totalitarianand non-responsive, and that all its allegedly representative bodies are rubber stamps, totally dominated by the Communist Party.... * The Washington Report On The Hemisphere *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition:  [Poeple's Power] reminds readers of a largely forgotten alternative approach to democracy, a (not fully worked out) approach that was embraced by many socialists for over a century but later was largely forgotten following the rejection of its completely bastardized application in the USSR. In this way this work also constitutes a contribution to the current debate on the nature of democracy under socialism, arguably the central issue in the post USSR debate on the nature of socialism... * Science \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition:  This is a powerful, well-written, well-argued, and honest book. It makes a really eye-opening classroom text for courses on Cuba or socialism. Peter Roman should be congratulated upon a singular accomplishment..... * Monthly Review *\u003cbr\u003ePeter Roman's book is a valuable study that helps us better understand the workings, successes, and shortcomings of the Cuban government's effort to promote democracy in that country. -- City University of New York, Carlos Sanabria, City University of New York\u003cbr\u003eThis well-researched and -written book . . . will come as a revelation to many readers. People's Power, based on years of field work and first-hand experience of Cuban elections and the workings of representative bodies, demonstrates that there is a functioning popular democratic political culture as the basis of the Cuban government. * Political Affairs *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition: This is the first study to demarcate an important organ of Cuba's socialist government from its Soviet model. The study results in a reassessment of some entrenched presumptions about Cuba-that its government is totalitarian and non-responsive, and that all its allegedly representative bodies are rubber stamps, totally dominated by the Communist Party. * The Washington Report On The Hemisphere *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition: [Poeple's Power] reminds readers of a largely forgotten alternative approach to democracy, a (not fully worked out) approach that was embraced by many socialists for over a century but later was largely forgotten following the rejection of its completely bastardized application in the USSR. In this way this work also constitutes a contribution to the current debate on the nature of democracy under socialism, arguably the central issue in the post USSR debate on the nature of socialism. * Science \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition: This is a powerful, well-written, well-argued, and honest book. It makes a really eye-opening classroom text for courses on Cuba or socialism. Peter Roman should be congratulated upon a singular accomplishment. * Monthly Review *\u003cbr\u003eDeserves a place on the shelves of all serious students of Cuba and of comparative government. * The Bulletin Of Latin American Research *\u003cbr\u003ePraise for the first edition: This detailed study of the representative institutions of Cuban government provides considerable insight as to the sources of the resilience of Cuban socialism in the face of its well-known economic challenges. . . . Roman makes a strong case that local participation by ordinary citizens is common, lively, and given the lack of resources, reasonably effective. . . . Cuba's system should definitely be pondered by serious students of democracy, and Roman's informative book is a good place to start. * New Political Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Early Theories of Socialist Government Chapter 3 Lenin and the Socialist State Chapter 4 The Organs of People's Power: An Overview Chapter 5 Nominations and Elections Chapter 6 Accountability Chapter 7 The People's Councils Chapter 8 Conclusion Part 9 Appendix: Workers' Parliament in Cuba","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037579280727,"sku":"9780742525658","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742525658.jpg?v=1750936347","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/peoples-power-cubas-experience-with-representative-government-critical-currents-in-latin-american-perspective-series-cubas-experience-with-representative-government-updated-edition-updated-9780742525658","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}