On January 1, 1984, Cuba celebrated the 25th anniversary of its revolution. As the first socialist revolution both in Latin America and in the Western hemisphere, its progress over the years has been closely observed by diverse parties as well as by scholars and academics. In this volume a number of well-known scholars in the field offer an assessment of Cuba's achievments, lessons, problems, and innovative solutions over this period. These essays present a comprehensive view of Cuba covering social reform, cultural change, the economy, the political process and foreign policy.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSPERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTSSECTION I. INTRODUCTIONEditors' Introduction25 Years of the Cuban Revolution Fidel CastroSECTION II. SOCIAL REVOLUTION1 Cuba's Schools: 25 Years Later Marvin Leiner2 Medicine in the Community Ross Danielson3 Cuba's Food Distribution System Joseph Collins and Medea Benjamin4 Women in Socialist Cuba, 1959–84 Alfred Padula and Lois Smith5 From Counterrevolution to Modus Vivendi: The Church in Cuba, 1959–84 John M. KirkSECTION III. CULTURAL CHANGE6 The Emergence of Popular Culture Judith A.Weiss7 Film and Revolution in Cuba: The First Twenty-Five Years Julianne Burton8 Criticism and Literature in Revolutionary Cuba Roberto González EchevarríaSECTION IV. ECONOMIC REFORM9 Economic Policy and Development Models Joel C.Edelstein10 Cuba: Redistribution and Growth with Equity Claes Brundenius11 Cuban Economic Planning: Organization and Performance Andrew ZimbalistSECTION V. POLITICAL PROCESS AND CHANGE12 Continuity and Evolution of Revolutionary Symbolism in Verde OlivoC.Fred Judson13 Cuban Political Structure: Vanguard Party and the Masses Rhoda Pearl Rabkin14 The Organs of People's Power and the Communist Party: The Nature of Cuban Democracy Archibald R.M.Ritter15 Class, Organization, and Conciencia: The Cuban Working Class After 1970 Marifeli Pérez-Stable16 Socialist Legality and Practice: The Cuban Experience Max AzicriSECTION VI. FOREIGN POLICY DEVELOPMENTS17 U.S.-Cuba Relations: Twenty-Five Years of Hostility Wayne S.Smith18 Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Third World Struggle Marjorie Woodford Bray and Donald W.Bray19 Cuban Internationalism Susan EcksteinSECTION VII. OVERVIEWS20 The Cuban Revolution Twenty-Five Years Later: A Survey of Sources, Scholarship, and State of the Literature Louis A.Pérez, Jr.21 Cuba: A Revolution of the People (November 23, 1960) A.Gunder Frank22 Why Is Cuba Different? Arthur MacEwan23 The Cuban Revolution: An Historical Perspective James F.Petras and Morris H.Morley24 Impressions on Twenty-Five Years of Change Philip S.Foner25 Cuba: A Personal Overview Margaret RandallINDEXABOUT THE EDITORSABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS