The Cuban revolution as socialist human development / / by Henry Veltmeyer, Mark Rushton.

The book argues that the Cuban Revolution warrants a closer look as a model of socialist human development. A re-reading of the Cuban Revolution from this angle engages unresolved issues in the theory of socialist humanism and the notion of human development popularized by the United Nations Develop...

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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Critical Social Sciences 36.
Physical Description:1 online resource (382 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Human Development Problematic Human Development, Capitalism and Socialism in Theory
  • Human Development in Practice: Reform(ing Capitalism) Versus (Socialist) Revolution
  • Socialism, Human Development and the Cuban Revolution
  • Dimensions of Socialist Human Development Socialism as Revolutionary Consciousness: Dynamics of a Revolution
  • Human Development as Social Welfare
  • Socialist Humanism and the Equality Predicament
  • Socialist Human Development as Freedom
  • In Solidarity: A Fundamental Principle of Socialist Humanism
  • A Socialist Island in a Sea of Capitalism Human Development in an Era of Globalization
  • Continuity and Change: The Revolution in the New Millennium
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.