- 13 Mar, 2021
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1898-1902: American Occupation of Cuba
Any of the following angles from below can be chosen to focus on the American occupation of Cuba between 1898 and 1903.
how to approach the proposal.
1)The current opportunities and challenges faced by traditionally marginalized social groups or collectives, including old and new social movements(contemplating, if you will, intersectional political identities
2)The tension between developmental challenges/goals and narrowly defined economic growth objectives(considering both internal and external determining factors, such as national economic elites interests, trade agreements, foreign investment, international financial institutions, etc.
3)The structure of the State (its bureaucracy, inter-governmental relations, and institutional arrangements) and its capacity to respond effectively and efficiently to all members of the national polity.
4) The key factors determining the level of international cooperation(e.g. self interest, trust, reciprocity, power imbalances, etc.), or lack thereof,in dealing with all sorts of urgent transnational issues (i.e. arms sales, drug-trafficking, human-trafficking, etc.)
5) The links between the global economic system, environmental degradation, and internal and transnational displacement or migration.6)Foreign interventionism in all its forms, State sovereignty, human rights violations, and accountability
.7) The room for alternatives to modern Eurocentric political regimes, ideologies, and utopias.
8)The electoral system, the role of money and special interests, and the resulting crisis of representation and indifference/apathy towards political participation.