A first-hand account of Cuba's experíence with democracy. Democracy has been briefly defined as the "rule of the people". This book offers you a profound historical view followed by a thorough inside look at how this "rule of the people" is now working in Cuba. The examination of two weather vane constituencies—one in Havana and another in the countryside of Cienfuegos Province—helps the author to present a detailed description of the nomination of candidates and the elections at all levels, as well as accountability of the elected to the citizens. he author, Arnold August (Canada, 1944), is the first non-Cuban who has directly attended virtually all the steps of the contemporary Cuban electoral process in order to write a book on the subject. He has based the contents of this volume on many months of painstaking research, personal observation and interviews in Cuba. Several academics have mentioned that this book contributes to the analysis of Cuba's history with regards to its striving for democracy, as well as synthesizes for the first time so minutely the entire electoral process. |
