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Citizen Engagement in Cuba
Neighbors and the State in Pogolotti
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2024
Summary
Citizen Engagement in Cuba: Neighbors and the State in Pogolotti examines citizen engagement at the local level in Cuba through projects initiated by the community since the 1990s. The nature of citizen participation in Cuba is not clearly understood by many in the United States, where the communist government is conflated with the Soviet states of Eastern Europe as a totalitarian regime in which the people of Cuba are helpless to confront, and punished when they do. The reality in Cuba is much more nuanced. This book discusses this reality through a focus on Pogolotti, reflecting on its history as the first low-cost housing community in Cuba in 1910. This community is but one example of a neighborhood where projects represent active participation by citizens. The willingness of communist authorities to work with officially sanctioned workshops and partner with civic groups indicates a level of citizen participation that has not been studied fully and provides an understanding of the relationship between citizens and the state in Cuba.
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Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-66690-756-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-0757-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
184
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access
Citizen Engagement in the Cuban Republic No access Pages 1 - 28
Mass Organizations and Citizen Engagement in the Revolutionary State No access Pages 29 - 56
Housing, Revolution, and Citizen Engagement No access Pages 57 - 86
Dino Pogolotti and the History of His Neighborhood No access Pages 87 - 104
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center and Cuban NGOs No access Pages 105 - 130
