Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion

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ISBN 10: 155266404X / ISBN 13: 9781552664049

Published by -, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion
• Publisher: -
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155266404X
• ISBN 13: 9781552664049
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Cuba's Neighbours Under Consideration:
United States, Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador.
In this groundbreaking book, Arnold August explores Cuba's unique form of democracy, presenting a detailed and balanced analysis of Cuba's electoral process and the state's functioning between elections. By comparing it with practices in the U.S., Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, August shows that people's participation in politics and society is not limited to a singular U.S.-centric understanding of democracy. For example, democracy as practised in the U.S. is largely non-participatory, static and fixed in time.
Cuba, by contrast, is a laboratory where the process of democratization is continually in motion, an ongoing experiment to create new ways for people to participate. August argues forcefully for the need to develop mutual understanding of different political systems and, in doing so, to not be satisfied with either blanket condemnation or idealistic political illusions, both resulting from a refusal to analyze the actual inner workings of each process.

About the Author

Arnold August has an MA in political science from McGill University. He is an author, journalist and lecturer living in Montreal. He is the author of Democracy in Cuba and the 1997-98 Elections (Editorial José Martí). He has also contributed a chapter entitled "Socialism and Elections" for the volume Cuban Socialism in a New Century: Adversity, Survival and Renewal (University Press of Florida).
The current book is entitled Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion (Fernwood Publishing and Zed Books). It will also be published in Spanish and French.