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7 Cards in this Set
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INTRO
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social policies addressed: status of women, education, health care, religion, and the equality of opportunity for employment
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Main Argument
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it is questionable whether castro's social policies improved all of the policy issues as the reforms often clashed with Cuban traditions and culture. Overall, the social policies were means of propaganda to support the regime and strengthen Castro's grip of society
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1st para: Economy/Employment
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- motivation of the work force
-Che and Fidel worked on fields which presented unity 1. 1970 "year of the million" Castro himself seen cutting sugar canes 2. speeches: creation of the "new conciousness" promoting "voluntary work based on a marxist appreciation" 3. creating a new image of the women - should become an active part of the workforce and the women's role in the household and in the workforce should be kompatible - training at technical and professional levels, organisations like FMC which helped women to integrate into the revolution - women took part in illiteracy and health campaigns and distributed new textbooks in which women were portrayed as workers - entered workfields that had been exclusively male BUT people's minds did not change - presence of women in the workforce remained lower than government expected |
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2nd para: role of women
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- Castro tried to change the traditional image of women
- women felt under pressure as they were expected to be good workers as well as good mothers - Family code 1970 - equality of sexes |
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3rd para: Education
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Julie Bunick
"the prupose of education at all levels is to produce better communists, men and women." -illiteracy rate at its highest point (24% among children under 10 years) - FMC and its illiteracy campaigns contributed to a more literate youth - teaching programmes for teachers - sucess! illiteracy dropped by 4% and the educational system was made compatible with communism - made sure that the youth was familiär with communism and nationalism luis m. garcia "learning to recite an alphabet where the F is for Fidel, the R for rifles and the Y for yankees." |
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4th para: Health care
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- contributed to the people's image of Castro
- more accessible hospitls, better doctors, improved quality of health care - strengthened popular support for Castro |
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5th para: Religion
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"illegal and punishable by law to oppose one's faith or religious belief to the Revolution."
- tense relationship between the cathlolic church and the government - separation - Castro settled the importance of the church down - revolution superior to the church |
