1st Edition

The State, Bureaucracy, And The Cuban Schools Power And Participation

By Sheryl L. Lutjens Copyright 1997

    In the mid-1980s Cuba began a process of ‘rectificacion’—a reform process that has bucked the trends of economic and political liberalization that are reshaping the global order. Sustaining an official commitment to socialism in the face of economic crisis and international pressures, Cuba's survival seems puzzling indeed. Sheryl Lutjens uses the C

    Bureaucratic Domination, Democratic Possibilities, and the Cuban Case -- The Socialist State and the Politics of Efficiency -- The Ministry of Education and Cuban Politics: Accountability and Poder Popular -- Technical Experts and Ordinary People: Centralization and Decision Making -- Community Participation in Cuban Schools: Power and Accountability -- Rectification, Education, and Participation -- Democratic Participation: Concluding with Cuba

    Biography

    Sheryl Lutjens is associate professor of political science at Northern Arizona University.