Cuba At the Crossroads

This concise overview focuses on Cuba since Raúl Castro stepped down as president, bringing together leading scholars to analyze the island's politics, economy, foreign policy, and society. The book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as a chronology and primary source documents.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction: An Overview of Cuba from 2006 to 2019

Philip Brenner

1 Politics: The Challenges Facing Cuba's New Leaders

William M. LeoGrande

2 Economy

Ricardo Torres

3 Cuban Foreign Policy, 2014-2019: From Raúl Castro to Miguel Díaz-Canel

John M. Kirk

4 Cuban Society: Becoming More Unequal, Connected and Diverse

Katrin Hansing and Bert Hoffmann

Chronology of Key Events: 2014-2019

Useful Websites

Excerpts from Primary Documents

Notes

About the author

Philip Brenner is professor in the School of International Service at American University.

John M. Kirk is professor of Latin American studies at Dalhousie University.

William M. LeoGrande is professor of government at American University.

Summary

This concise overview focuses on Cuba since Raul Castro stepped down as president, bringing together leading scholars to analyze the island's politics, economy, foreign policy, and society. The book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as a chronology and primary source documents.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Kirk Brenner
• Assisted by: Philip Brenner (Editor), Brenner Philip (Editor), John M. Kirk (Editor), Kirk John M. (Editor), William M. LeoGrande (Editor), LeoGrande William M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781538136829
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3682-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Cuba, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / General, International Relations, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, economy;foreign policy;politics;society