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Volume 4 Numbers 3 & 4 Autumn/Winter 2012 ISSN 1756-3461 JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CUBA Special double issue: Cuba in the 21st Century Numbers 3 & 4 Volume 4 Autumn/Winter 2012 Produced and distributed by Special double issue: Cuba in the 21st Century Conference Proceedings Proceedings of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba’s annual conference, ‘Cuba in the 21st Century’, London, 17 April 2012. With contributions from Stephen Ludlam, Stephen Wilkinson, H. Michael Erisman, Bernadett Lehoczki and Ken Cole Academic Articles The August Announcements: Strengthening Cuba’s Essential Socialist Character or a Transition to Capitalism? The Economic Reforms and Cuba’s Educated Youth Michael O’Sullivan The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America: The Challenge of Social Integration Salim Lamrani Community Participation in Cuba: Experiences from a Popular Council Armando Chaguaceda, Djanamé Daubelcour and Lázaro González Report A Chronology of Cuba’s ‘Updating of the Socialist Model’ Philip Peters Book Reviews October 1962: The ‘Missile’ Crisis as Seen from Cuba The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise History Sexual Revolutions in Cuba: Passion, Politics, and Memory Castro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence Machine Obama and the Empire

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Page 1: Community participation in Cuba: Experiences from a Popular Council

Volume 4

Num

bers 3 & 4

Autum

n/Winter 2012

ISSN 1756-3461

JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONALINSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CUBA

Special double issue:Cuba in the 21st Century

Numbers 3 & 4Volume 4 Autumn/Winter 2012

Produced and distributed by

Special double issue: Cuba in the 21st Century

Conference ProceedingsProceedings of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba’s annual conference, ‘Cuba in the 21st Century’, London, 17 April 2012.With contributions from Stephen Ludlam, Stephen Wilkinson, H. Michael Erisman, Bernadett Lehoczki and Ken Cole

Academic ArticlesThe August Announcements: Strengthening Cuba’s Essential Socialist Character or a Transition to Capitalism? The Economic Reforms and Cuba’s Educated YouthMichael O’Sullivan

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America: The Challenge of Social IntegrationSalim Lamrani

Community Participation in Cuba: Experiences from a Popular CouncilArmando Chaguaceda, Djanamé Daubelcour and Lázaro González

ReportA Chronology of Cuba’s ‘Updating of the Socialist Model’Philip Peters

Book ReviewsOctober 1962: The ‘Missile’ Crisis as Seen from CubaThe Cuban Missile Crisis: A Concise HistorySexual Revolutions in Cuba: Passion, Politics, and MemoryCastro’s Secrets: The CIA and Cuba’s Intelligence MachineObama and the Empire

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