Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: Prerevolutionary Cuba
Governing through PluralizatIon, 1902-1933
The Political Impact of Imperialism
Imperalism and a Pluralized Economy
Government Authority
The Purposes of Government
The Political Party System
Cleavages outside the Party System
Governing through Regulation and Distribution, 1933-1958
The Retreat of Empire and the Rise of Hegemony
Hegemony and the Economy
Social Mobilization
Economic Growth and Social Welfare
Government Authority
The Weight of Government
The Purposes of Government
Political Cleavages and Parties
The Breakdown of the Political System
The Problem of Political Illegitimacy
The Politics of Breakdown
Part Two: Revolutionary Cuba: Governing through Centralization
International Influences, Society, and the Economy
Hegemony and Revolutionary Politics
Social Mobilization through Education
The Economy and Social Welfare
Establishing a New Government
Government Authority and the Centralization of Power
Structuring Revolutionary Politics
The Formation of the Communist Party
Social Bases and Political Purposes
Social Effects of Redistribution
Bureaucratization and Social Change
The Constitution of 1976 and the Formalization of the State
The Law and the Courts
Mass Political Participation
The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution
The Cuban Women's Federation
The Cuban Labor Confederation
Youth Organizations
The Political Impact of Popular Participation in Government
Elections and Electoral Procedures
Political Mobilization
Measuring the Public Mood
The Communist Party
The Ruling Elite
Party Membership
The Communist Youth Union
Functions of the Communist Party
Internal Party Structure
Party Schools
The Party's Claim to Rule
The Civic Soldier
The Military Mission of the Armed Forces
The Socioeconomic Mission of the Armed Forces
The Political Mission of the Armed Forces
Part Three: Political Processes and Change
Setting Public Policy
Setting Economic Policy
Setting Intellectual and Scientific Policy
Policymaking and Social Institutions
Legislation and Legislative Processes
Planning for the Nation
Agrarian Conflict and Peasant Politics
Agrarian Conflict before the Revolutlon
Revolution Revo&iffonary Rule, and Agrarian Conflict
The National Association of Small Peasants
Political Culture
Political Participation Cooperation and Individualism
Explaining Continuity and Change after the Revolution
Change among Students in the Early 1960s
National Integration
Forming the New Socialist Citizen
Women and the Revolution
Social Stress and Revolutionory Change
Appendixes
The Impact of International Economic Factors on Internal Affairs: Three Perspectives
Changes in the Height of Cubans
Racial Inequality in Public Health
Textual Changes in the Draft Constitution of 1976 and the Draft Family Code
Members of the People's Socialist Party in the Communist Party's Central Committee
Cooperation among Cuban Scientists
Notes
Bibliography
Index
