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035 _9(DLC) 93008052
010 _a93008052
020 _a0195058267 (cloth : acid-free paper)
020 _a0195090144 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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_cDLC
_dDLC
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050 1 4 _a107 HX 158.5
_bB466p 1994
082 0 0 _a335.43/097291
_220
100 1 _aBengelsdorf, Carollee.
245 1 4 _aThe problem of democracy in Cuba :
_bbetween vision and reality /
_cCarollee Bengelsdorf.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c1994.
300 _aviii, 229 p. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.
520 1 _a"A belated, but nontheless very good effort to explore the irreconocilable tension between democracy and authoritarian, paternalist socialism in revolutionary Cuba. Informed by critical Marxism, book challenges the notion that Cuba is an excellent case of 'direct democracy,' laying responsibility for the absence of freedom and accountability squarely on Castro's dictatorial vocation and the Communist party's hegemony. In a surprising departure, author concludes that 'to the degree the (Cuban) leadership continues to insist upon defining the boundaries of civil society, it must in the end fail' (p. 178)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 _aCommunism
_zCuba
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDemocracy
_zCuba
_xHistory.
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0604/93008052-d.html
920 _a**LC HAS REQ'D # OF SHELF COPIES**
999 _c10186
_d10186