Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Early Theories of Socialist Government Chapter 3 Lenin and the Socialist State Chapter 4 The Organs of People's Power: An Overview Chapter 5 Nominations and Elections Chapter 6 Accountability Chapter 7 The People's Councils Chapter 8 Conclusion Part 9 Appendix: Workers' Parliament in Cuba
Peter Roman is professor of political science at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York.
Praise for the first edition: This is the first study to demarcate
an important organ of Cuba's socialist government from its Soviet
model. The study results in a reassessment of some entrenched
presumptions about Cuba-that its government is totalitarianand
non-responsive, and that all its allegedly representative bodies
are rubber stamps, totally dominated by the Communist Party....
*The Washington Report On The Hemisphere*
Praise for the first edition: [Poeple's Power] reminds readers of a
largely forgotten alternative approach to democracy, a (not fully
worked out) approach that was embraced by many socialists for over
a century but later was largely forgotten following the rejection
of its completely bastardized application in the USSR. In this way
this work also constitutes a contribution to the current debate on
the nature of democracy under socialism, arguably the central issue
in the post USSR debate on the nature of socialism...
*Science & Society*
Praise for the first edition: This is a powerful, well-written,
well-argued, and honest book. It makes a really eye-opening
classroom text for courses on Cuba or socialism. Peter Roman should
be congratulated upon a singular accomplishment.....
*Monthly Review*
Peter Roman's book is a valuable study that helps us better
understand the workings, successes, and shortcomings of the Cuban
government's effort to promote democracy in that country.
*City University of New York, Carlos Sanabria, City University of
New York*
This well-researched and -written book . . . will come as a
revelation to many readers. People's Power, based on years of field
work and first-hand experience of Cuban elections and the workings
of representative bodies, demonstrates that there is a functioning
popular democratic political culture as the basis of the Cuban
government.
*Political Affairs*
Praise for the first edition:
This is the first study to demarcate an important organ of Cuba's
socialist government from its Soviet model. The study results in a
reassessment of some entrenched presumptions about Cuba-that its
government is totalitarian and non-responsive, and that all its
allegedly representative bodies are rubber stamps, totally
dominated by the Communist Party.
*The Washington Report On The Hemisphere*
Praise for the first edition:
[Poeple's Power] reminds readers of a largely forgotten alternative
approach to democracy, a (not fully worked out) approach that was
embraced by many socialists for over a century but later was
largely forgotten following the rejection of its completely
bastardized application in the USSR. In this way this work also
constitutes a contribution to the current debate on the nature of
democracy under socialism, arguably the central issue in the post
USSR debate on the nature of socialism.
*Science & Society*
Praise for the first edition:
This is a powerful, well-written, well-argued, and honest book. It
makes a really eye-opening classroom text for courses on Cuba or
socialism. Peter Roman should be congratulated upon a singular
accomplishment.
*Monthly Review*
Deserves a place on the shelves of all serious students of Cuba and
of comparative government.
*The Bulletin Of Latin American Research*
Praise for the first edition:
This detailed study of the representative institutions of Cuban
government provides considerable insight as to the sources of the
resilience of Cuban socialism in the face of its well-known
economic challenges. . . . Roman makes a strong case that local
participation by ordinary citizens is common, lively, and given the
lack of resources, reasonably effective. . . . Cuba's system should
definitely be pondered by serious students of democracy, and
Roman's informative book is a good place to start.
*New Political Science*
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