Overview
- Posits the Cuban Revolution as a beacon of "light" in the "darkness" of neocolonial domination
- Draws upon the speeches and writings of Third World leaders and intellectuals to formulate an alternative understanding
- Rectifies misconceptions about the Cuban Revolution that prevail in the global North
- Rejects neoliberal globalization and emerging neofascism and affirms the possibility and the necessity of a more just, democratic and sustainable world-system
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice (CPTRP)
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Book Title: The Evolution and Significance of the Cuban Revolution
Book Subtitle: The Light in the Darkness
Authors: Charles McKelvey
Series Title: Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62160-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62159-3Published: 20 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87245-2Published: 30 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62160-9Published: 08 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2731-6580
Series E-ISSN: 2731-6599
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 277
Topics: Latin American Politics, Latin American History, Latin American and Caribbean Economics