The Cuban Revolution As Socialist Human Development - Couverture souple

Rushton, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1608462447 ISBN 13 : 9781608462445

Editeur : Haymarket Books, 2013

Synopsis

This re-reading of the Cuban Revolution from the perspective of socialist humanism engages unresolved issues in this political tradition and challenges the notion of human development popularized by the United Nations Development Programme (i.e., predicated on capitalism). UNDP economists and other agencies of international cooperation for development give a human face to a capitalist development process that is anything but humane. The authors argue that socialism in Cuba has taken a very different form (socialist human development) than it did elsewhere in the twentieth century, and that these unique characteristics enabled it to survive adverse conditions--a 'near-perfect storm'--that still threaten its evolution.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Henry Veltmeyer, PhD (1975) in Political Science, McMaster University, is Professor of Development Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico) and Saint Marys University (Canada). He has published extensively on the political economy of globalization and developments in Latin America. Recent publications include The Critical Development Studies Handbook: Tools for Change. Mark Rushton, PhD (2010), in Development Studies, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, is a freelance consultant, copyeditor, academic translator and author, with a specialist interest in Cuba and the development implications of information technology.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Cuban Revolution as Socialist Human Development is a review of the Cuban Revolution from a socialist and humanist perspective. It explores unresolved issues in the idea of human development made popular by the United Nations Development Programme. The authors argue that UNDP and other international development agencies attempt to give a human face to an inhumane capitalist development process. This title argues that understanding Cuba on a deeper level provides an alternative model of development.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Haymarket Books
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1608462447
• ISBN 13: 9781608462445
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368