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This chapter describes seven stages in the development of the Cuban revolutionary project: national liberation, 1959–1961; Cuban socialism based on industrial development, 1961–1965; Cuban socialism based on sugar exportation, 1966–1970; institutionalization, 1970–1985; rectification of errors, 1986–1989; special period, 1989–2001; and integration into the Latin American revolution, 2001 to the present. It explains the Cuban structures of popular democracy, developed as an alternative to representative democracy. It further develops previous discussion of charismatic authority and leadership, and it describes the role of the Cuban Communist Party in the Cuban political process.
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McKelvey, C. (2018). The Cuban Revolutionary Project. In: The Evolution and Significance of the Cuban Revolution. Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62160-9_5
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