In diesem Beitrag legen die Autorinnen das Augenmerk auf ein neues Programm in Kuba, nämlich Universitätsstudien für ältere Erwachsene oder Senioren. Insbesondere werfen sie einen Blick auf die ...Gemeinde der Isla de la Juventud im Kontext der weiteren Politik der "Universalisierung der höheren Bildung". Sie liefern Informationen über die kubanischen Blickwinkel auf die Erwachsenenbildung, diskutieren den 'Workshop' als eine wichtige Methode der Bildungsarbeit und präsentieren Informationen sowohl über die Vorbereitung derjenigen, welche Senioren unterrichten, als auch über die Ausbildung der Facilitatoren in der Workshop-Methode. Dieser Beitrag enthält auch Evaluationen von Studierenden sowie eine Kritik des Programms. (DIPF/Orig.).
In this study the authors focus on a new program in Cuba, university studies for older adults or seniors. Specifically, they look at the Special Municipality of the Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) in the context of the larger policy of "universalization of higher education." They provide information about Cuban perspectives on adult education, discuss the "workshop" as an important mode of educational work, and present information on both the preparation of those who teach older adults and the training of "facilitators" in the workshop mode. This contribution also presents student evaluations, as well as a critique of the program. (DIPF/Orig.).
Repeatedly in the twentieth century, the United States has been involved in confrontations with other countries, each with the potential for widespread international and domestic upheaval, even ...disaster. In this book Michael Hunt focuses on seven such crises, presenting for each an illuminating introduction and a rich collection of original documents. His epilogue considers the nature of international crises and the U.S. record in dealing with them.The case studies include:•the American entry into World War I the Japanese-American rivalry that led to Pearl Harbor•the origins of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War•the collision between China and the United States during the Korean War•the confrontation over Soviet missiles in Cuba•Lyndon Johnson`s commitment to war in Vietnam•and the American entanglement in the Iranian revolution
The studies allow the reader to see U.S. foreign policymaking firsthand and to understand it as something that is shaped by interactions with other nations and leaders as well as by American values, attitudes, and needs. To provide an international perspective, both the narrative and the documents give as much attention to foreign policymakers as to their American counterparts, emphasizing the invariably dynamic, often confused, and sometimes chaotic interaction between the two sides.
We all lost the cold war Lebow, Richard Ned; Stein, Janice Gross
2001., 19950703, 1995, 1994, 1994-01-01, 19930101, Letnik:
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Drawing on recently declassified documents and extensive interviews with Soviet and American policy-makers, among them several important figures speaking for public record for the first time, Ned ...Lebow and Janice Stein cast new light on the effect of nuclear threats in two of the tensest moments of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the confrontations arising out of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973. They conclude that the strategy of deterrence prolonged rather than ended the conflict between the superpowers.
The Cuban software revolution: 2016-2025 West, David M.
2015 ACM International Symposium on New Ideas, New Paradigms, and Reflections on Programming and Software (Onward!),
10/2015
Conference Proceeding
Presented as a work of fiction, this essay is about software development— how it has come to be what it is and what it might have been. The concept and metaphor of culture is used to frame the ...discussion. What might have been is presented as an approach named “Living System Design” and its practice in a fictional Cuba of the near future.
This article evaluates contemporary Cuban economic policy and development prospects after a decade of market experimentation in a socialist context. An introductory historical review assesses the ...successes and failures of Cuban development policy in the 1970s and 1980s and describes the staggering dimensions of the economic crisis triggered by the abrupt disruption of Cuba's relations with the Soviet bloc in 1989–1991. The next section, “To the market in the 1990s,” examines Cuban efforts to stabilize the economy in the early 1990s while maintaining a strong social safety net. The historic policy shift toward limited market liberalization within a state-dominated economy is analyzed and the key market concessions described. The economic turnaround of the late 1990s and Cuban macroeconomic and industrial performance over the past decade are then examined. The final part of the article evaluates the coherence and sustainability of Cuba's emerging economic model and assesses prospects for the survival of some form of Cuban socialism.
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