The Role of Education in Promoting Cuba's Integration into the International Society: Lessons in Transition from the Post-Communist States of Central and Eastern Europe by Andy S. Gomez

This paper attempts to define and analyze some of the post-communist challenges these countries have faces during their continuous transition and the role education has played in developing an informed society. The paper specifically examines how teaching civic education in the schools played a role in developing democratic values and norms amongst its 'new' democratic citizens and delineates some of the obstacles in the implantation process. Finally, the paper will make policy recommendations based on the lessons learned from these post-communist states that can be applied to a Cuba in transition.