Sociological Essays on the Cuban Revolution

 by Nelson Valdés

I. The Study of Cuba's Revolution

 Revolution and Paradigms: A Critical Assessment of Cuban Studies

2. Political History and Political Culture

 Ideological Roots of the Cuban Revolutionary Movement

Cuban Political Culture: Between Betrayal and Death

3. Revolution, Charisma and Institutionalization

 Fidel Castro: A Mini Biography

 Revolution, Charisma and Institutionalization

 Charisma, Fidel Castro and Santería: Max Weber Revisited

 Cuba Post Castro

4. The Economics and Sociology of Socialism

 General Features of the Economy, 1959

The Agrarian Reforms -1959 and After

Economic Models, 1959- 1985

Economic Experimentation and Performance, 1959-1991

The Cuban Revolution: Economic Organization and Bureaucracy

Cuban Socialism, Revolution and Underdevelopment: The Constant Riddle and the Permanent Search

 The State and the Socialist Transition: Creating New Spaces in Cuba

5. The Revolution in Daily Life

Human Rights and the Cuban Revolution: A Review of Perspectives

The Right to Food

The Right to Health

The Right to Education

The Right to Social Security

6.  US- Cuba Relations

 U.S - Cuba Relations, 1959-1993

An Open Letter to Bush On Cuba

7. The Internet in Cuba

Cuba, the Internet and U.S. Policy

Cuba and Information Technology - 2001