The Cuban National Assembly: A Case Study of a Socialist Parliament

Peter Roman
The Graduate Center and Hostos Community College,
City University of New York

Friday, April 26, 4-6 PM

Room C-197 (Concourse Level)
The Graduate Center
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue

Peter Roman is a professor of political science in the Behavioral/Social Sciences Department at Hostos Community College and a member of the
doctoral faculty in the Political Science Program at the CUNY Graduate
Center. He is author of "People's Power: Cuba's Experience with Representative Government" (Westview Press, 1999). Prof. Roman is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Socialism and Democracy, and part of the editorial collective of the special issue of Social and Democracy entitled Cuba in the 1990s: Economy, Politics, and Society (Vol 15, No. 1 Spring -Summer 2001).

Peter Roman spent the fall 2001 semester in Cuba, from October through December, studying the Cuban National Assembly. The purpose of this project is to analyze and evaluate the Cuban National Assembly,
determine its role within the Cuban government, and study the contributions made by the National Assembly deputies. His research has focused on the electoral process, the law making process, National Assembly and commission debates, the work of the commissions, oversight of governmental ministries and agencies, responses to complaints emanating from the population, the accountability of
deputies and their contact with constituents, and the role of the Cuban
Communist Party.

To reserve, please send an e-mail to cubaproject@gc.cuny.edu OR call 212 817-2096.