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The following publications endeavor to support the Bildner Center's mission to further the understanding of contemporary issues in the Americas, create international dialogue on policy, and generate research on a range of topics that are both country and theme specific.

Beyond Market or State?
New Models of Infrastructure Provision in Latin America
Mauricio A. Font

Brazilian Statism
Rise, Limits and Decline
Mauricio A. Font

 



Changing Cuba in a Changing World - NEW!

Edited by Mauricio A. Font
with the assistance of John Arias

Volume contains papers presented at the international conference A Changing Cuba in a Changing World held at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (March 13-15, 2008). The essays relate research and analysis that focus on the current changing state of Cuba and represent diverse perspectives and discilpines. Five thematic sections are emphasized here: Ideas, Ideology and Politics; Cuba and the World; Economics; History, Culture and Race; and Literature, Cinema and Arts. (Online publication)


Nas trilhas de revolução
Aliás, O Estado de S. Paulo
Edição especial: Para onde Viao Expresso Fidel

Written by Mauricio Font

Article written by Mauricio Font for the Special Edition '50 Years of the Cuban Revolution' in the prominent Brazilian newspaper, O Estado de S. Paulo. The article addresses the path of the Cuban Revolution and analyzes its current consequences and perception.

 

CUBA: In Transition? Pathways to Renewal, Long-Term Development and Global Reintegration

CUBA: In Transition? Pathways to Renewal, Long-Term Development and Global Reintegration
Edited by Mauricio A. Font
with the assistance of Scott Larson

Online papers and proceedings from the homonymous symposium, held March 13-15, 2006 at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. The collected essays address prospects for economic evolution, Cuba in comparative perspective, Cuba's changing institutions and the making of material culture related to the island. (Online publication)

 


The Cuban Republic and José Martí: Reception and Use of a National Symbol
Edited by Mauricio A. Font and Alfonso W. Quiroz
Series of essays addressing the influence of José Martí – poet, scholar and revolutionary – on the formation of diverging national identities in post-independence Cuba. The volume provides a critical analysis of Martí's political and literary legacies and the ways they have been used to advance contrasting versions of contemporary Cuban reality.
(This volume is part of the Bildner Western Hemisphere Book Series)


Cuban Counterpoints: The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz
Edited by Mauricio A. Font and Alfonso W. Quiroz
Essays discussing Ortiz's profoundly influential approach to transculturation, Afro-Latin culture, race relations, and such major themes in Cuban society and history as the roles of tobacco and sugar, civil society, religion and law, national identity, intellectual and political dynamics during the Republic, music, and literature.
(This volume is part of the Bildner Western Hemisphere Book Series)


Integración Económica y Democratización: América Latina y Cuba Edited by Pilar Álamos, Mauricio A. Font, José Augusto Guilhon Albuquerque, Francisco León
Essays exploring Cuba's relations with other Latin American countries and institutions, its regional economic integration, the environment for change within Cuba, the prospects for democratization and the environment for international insertion at the dawn of the 21st century.
(This volume is part of the Bildner Western Hemisphere Book Series)


Reforming Brazil
Edited by Mauricio A. Font and Anthony Peter Spanakos
A thought-provoking examination of important issues facing Brazil today, from privatization and agrarian reform to entrepreneurial programs and hemispheric integration. Written by 11 Brazilianist scholars from a range of disciplines and intellectual traditions, the book offers compelling new insights for international policymakers, economists and scholars of Brazil.

(This volume is part of the Bildner Western Hemisphere Book Series


Cuba Today: Continuity and Change since the 'Periodo Especial'

Cuba Today: Continuity and Change since the 'Periodo Especial'
Edited by Mauricio A. Font
with the assistance of Scott Larson and Daniel Xuereb
Online collection of papers and proceedings from the homonymous symposium, held October 4-5, 2004 at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. It features essays on a broad range of issues facing contemporary Cuba, including changing perceptions, emergent perspectives, economic transformations, immigration and ethnic identity, and evolving institutions. (Online publication)

 

Alexander von Humboldt: From the Americas to the Cosmos
Compiled by Raymond Erickson, Mauricio A. Font, and Brian Schwartz
Online papers and proceedings from the Humboldt Bicentennial: An Interdisciplinary Conference held October 14-16, 2004 at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. The collected essays celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of Alexander von Humboldt's epochal journey of exploration of South America, Cuba and Mexico and his visit to the United States. (Online publication)

Transforming Brazil: A Reform Era in Perspective
Mauricio A. Font
Explores the complex web of policies, ideas, institutions, social forces, and political actors behind recent Brazilian reforms. By placing them in a broader analytical framework, it sets the backdrop for a better understanding of the character, timing, and sequence of the reform process. The focus is on the complex reform efforts during the post-1985 democratization era.
Charting a New Course: The Politics of Globalization and Social Transformation
Essays of Fernando Henrique Cardoso,
edited and introduced by M. A. Font

Contains 26 essays written by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazil's President and world-class social scientist, at different stages of his impressive and influential intellectual trajectory.

BildnerWorld: Bulletin of the Bildner Center, Vol. 1
Bildner Center Staff and Fellows

Brief bulletin featuring the Bildner Center’s research, special projects, conferences, book series, and other highlights in the early 2000s. Contains an effective update of the Center’s recent and past accomplishments as well as future undertakings.  

 

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