TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meeks, Brian.
TI  - Caribbean revolutions and revolutionary theory: an assessment of Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada 
T2  - Warwick University Caribbean studies
SN  - 9766401047
AV  - F2183 .M44 2001
U1  - 980.033 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Kingston, Jamaica
PB  - University of the West Indies Press
KW  - Revolutions
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Case studies
KW  - fast
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Cuba
KW  - 1959-
KW  - Nicaragua
KW  - 1979-1990
KW  - Grenada
KW  - 1974-1983
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index; Introduction: Historical conjuncture and paradigm change -- Revolution as theory -- Cuba: State-building, mass mobilisation and limited disentrenchment -- Nicaragua: Failed revolution or advance to empowerment? -- Grenda: The pitfalls of 'popular' revolution from above -- Conclusion: Post-colonial revolutions from the middle
N2  - "In this work, Brian Meeks compares the Cuban, Nicaraguan and Grenadian revolutions, using techniques derived from J. S. Mill and perfected by Theda S. Skopol. He emphasises the conditions that facilitated the making of these revolutions, the social forces that led the process in each case, and how these factors came together to affect the extent of popular empowerment in the post-insurrectional landscapes." "Meeks contends that none of these revolutions suggest that there is a predetermined, 'progressive' path which various states must invariably follow. Revolutions may occur as a result of conjuncture, accumulated experience and contingency. Despite the incompleteness and unfulfilled promise of all these revolutions, they suggest, to different degrees, that people have the potential to make history and affect positive changes, if they can learn from the accumulated errors of the past."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -