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about to finish book 9 out of 40 for the year this morning. we're also in the planning stages of something related to Beehaw which hopefully we'll fit into this month, but no promises

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[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

that’s great! way ahead of the goal, i see. what was this last book about?

it was Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion which, as the title might imply, is about Cuba and how it conducts elections (with a lot of context for how that system was arrived at, how it works, features of the system, etc).

i wrote about it fairly briefly as follows elsewhere:

i think this is a good book on the Cuban system as seen from Cuba, and a good book if you're looking for a heterodox opinion on Cuba's system. i'm sure you won't agree with every assertion in the book, nor every prescription that Cuba's system applies—i certainly don't—but i have much more appreciation for the Cuban system than i did previously