MACMILLAN Youth and Development in Cuba

As young people constitute the future development of Cuba, constant analysis of their diverse life experiences is necessary in new and diverse publications by a variety of researchers. This book examines how youth practices intersect with and are influenced by development – economic, human, psychological, social – and how young people negotiate and influence development trends in Cuba. The point of departure for Youth and Development in Cuba is a pluralistic understanding of youth(s) – that is, juventud(es) in Spanish – seen as an active generational subject, influenced sociohistorically, as a kind of collective identity. The collection of chapters from international scholars addresses issues relevant to young people, their experiences and participation in a variety of contexts and explores the diversity of factors that intervene in and shape the current problématiques of young people in Cuba’s eastern province of Holguín About the Author Richard N. Gioioso is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies at Saint Joseph’s University, USA. Carlos Manuel Osorio García is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Universidad de Holguín, Cuba. Zaily Leticia Velázquez Martínez is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Universidad de Holguín, Cuba