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Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300-600 C.E. combines archaeological and literary sources to reconstruct the history of late antique Iberian aristocracies, facilitating the study of a social class that has proved elusive when approached through the lens of a single type of evidence

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Bringing Back that Loving Feeling: Passion, Affection, and Politics -- 2. With Feeling Now: The Political Culture of Cuba Reconsidered -- 3. Emotional Political History: Cuba in the Twentieth Century -- 4. An Affair of the Heart: Passion, Affection, and Revolution -- 5. Losing that Loving Feeling: The Regeneration of Passion and Affection -- 6. Where Did Our Love Go? Emotions and the Politics of lo informal -- 7. But Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Passion, Affection, and Civil Society in Transition, -- 8. Epilogue: Passion and Affection from a Distance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

La politica exterior de Cuba es uno de los temas mas estudiados en la literatura de las relaciones internacionales de America Latina. Sin embargo, el proceso de toma de decisiones no ha sido explorado cabalmente y es una de las ultimas fronteras de este campo de investigacion. El presente articulo propone un marco conceptual para el analisis y lo aplica a dos decisiones con respecto a Angola. Las conclusiones sugieren que a pesar de los limites de informacion impuestos por el gobierno, el proceso de toma de decisiones en Cuba, particularmente en momentos de crisis, es muy semejante al de la mayoria de los otros estados

Partial contents: Charismatic leadership and ideology; The state and the domestic political system; Connection to an international source of power; The regional and international context; The Cuban model: benefits, costs, and risks.