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People's power : Cuba's experience with representative government

Title
People's power : Cuba's experience with representative government / Peter Roman.
Author
Roman, Peter, 1941-
Publication
Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1999.

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Description
xi, 284 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  • "People's Power presents a theoretical, historical, and contemporary analysis of representative government in Cuba. It explains how the Cuban model was built on the theoretical foundations set in Rousseau, Marx, and Lenin, and the historical precedents of the Paris Commune, the 1905 and 1917 Soviets, and the pre- and post-Stalin years of the Soviet Union. The book's primary focus is on the municipal level, but it also contains important material on the national and provincial elected bodies.
  • People's Power also explores firsthand the more recent people's councils and workers' parliaments."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Latin American perspectives series
Uniform Title
Latin American perspectives series
Subject
  • Representative government and representation > Cuba
  • Representative government and representation
  • Kommunalpolitik
  • Repräsentative Demokratie
  • Représentation politique > Cuba
  • Cuba
  • Kuba
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-276) and index.
Contents
1. Early Theories of Socialist Representative Government. Rousseau. Marx and Engels. The 1871 Paris Commune -- 2. Lenin and the Socialist State. The Soviets. The Dictatorship of the Proletariat. One-Party Rule and Centralization. The Soviets After Stalin -- 3. The Organs of People's Power: An Overview. Revolutionary Government in the Early Years. The Institutionalization Process, 1970-1976. The Municipal Assembly. The Provincial Assembly. The National Assembly. The Communist Party -- 4. Nominations and Elections. Municipal Assembly Delegate Nominations. From Nominations to Elections. Candidacy Commissions. National and Provincial Assembly Nominations. National and Provincial Assembly Elections -- 5. Accountability. The Mandate System in Cuba. Delegate Accountability and Citizen Input. Representation and Accountability. Problems in Accountability. Information and Input. Economic Planning. Accountability Sessions -- 6. The People's Councils. Fieldwork.
ISBN
  • 0813335868
  • 9780813335865
LCCN
98055919
OCLC
  • ocm40562318
  • 40562318
  • SCSB-865390
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library