George W Schuyler
Biographic Data
| ID | 253517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George W Schuyler |
| GIVEN NAMES | George W |
| FAMILY NAME | Schuyler |
| SIGNATURE | SCHUYLER G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | State University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940
For three decades, Cuban studies emphasized the origins, process, and aftermath of the 1959 revolution. Scholarly debates often mirrored political polarization, vigorously attacking or defending the revolution. With the end of the cold war in 1990, a broader exploration of Cuban history emerged, particularly of the Cuban Republic (1902–58). State and Revolution in Cuba is a valuable contribution to this diversification. Whitney argues that Cuba’s…
Globalization and Health: Venezuela and Cuba
This article explores the impact of globalization and neo-liberal reforms on the health of Venezuelans and Cubans during the 1980s and 1990s. It seeks to illustrate, through the lens of health care, how global economic forces affect national development and people's lives. Venezuela and Cuba struggled with severe economic crises and their health systems suffered. Cuba, however, was able to preserve a greater degree of control over its adjustment …
Perspectives on Venezuelan Democracy
The adoption of neoliberal policies in Latin America comes at a time of questioning of the development assumptions of the past 40 years. Samir Amin suggests that after the great surge of state-led developmentalism in the 1950s and 1960s, which centered on industrialization, modernization, and the conquest of poverty, the 1980s brought disillusionment: Developmentalism has broken down, its theory is in crisis, its ideology the subject of doubt (Am…
Perspectives on Canada and Latin America: Changing Context… Changing Policy
For too long, Canada has seen this Hemisphere as our house; it is now time to make it our home... That is the purpose of our policy. Joe Clark, Secretary of State for External Affairs (1990) Canada, Long-Oriented toward Europe and the Commonwealth, seeks to expand its involvement in Latin America. The development of a coherent Canadian policy for Latin America will depend on a variety of domestic and external factors, among them the Canada-United…
Central America: Democracy, Development, and Change
Introduction by John M. Kirk and George W. Schuyler Part I: Democracy El Salvador: to Halt the Insurgency by Guillermo Manuel Ungo Democratization in El Salvador: Illusion or Reality? by Liisa L. North Democracy, Military Rule, and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala by Jim Handy Consolidating Democracy Under Fire by H.E. Sergio Lacayo Honduras: National Identity, Repression, and Popular Response by Judith A. Weiss Part II: Development Central America: …
Hunger in a Land of Plenty
The Education-Work Transition of Venezuelan University Stude
University students in Venezuela constitute about ten percent of the corresponding age group (calculated from Universidad Central de Venezuela 1970: 19, Table 5), and leadership of the country's economic and social development is increasingly in the hands of university-trained professionals. University enrollment has quadrupled since 1958, and young professionals who have graduated over the past fifteen years already represent a majority among un…
Books reviewed
The Rise of the United Association: National Unionism in the Pipe Trades, 1884–1924. By Martin Segal. Published by the Wertheim Committee, Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1970. 244 pp. $8.00. Cry From the Cotton: The Southern Tenant Farmer's Union and the New Deal. By Donald H. Grubbs. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1971. 192 pp. $8.50. Labour and Unemployment, 1900–1914. By K. D…
Venezuelan Progress Reconsidered
Essay| February 01 1971 Venezuelan Progress Reconsidered George W. Schuyler, George W. Schuyler Instructor of History George W. Schuyler is completing a study on the origins of Acción Democrática, for which he recently spent a year of research in Venezuela. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Dieter K. Zschock Dieter K. Zschock Associate Professor of Economics State University of New York at Stony Brook Diete…
Perspectives on Venezuelan Democracy
The adoption of neoliberal policies in Latin America comes at a time of questioning of the development assumptions of the past 40 years. Samir Amin suggests that after the great surge of state-led developmentalism in the 1950s and 1960s, which centered on industrialization, modernization, and the conquest of poverty, the 1980s brought disillusionment: Developmentalism has broken down, its theory is in crisis, its ideology the subject of doubt (Am…
Globalization and Health: Venezuela and Cuba
This article explores the impact of globalization and neo-liberal reforms on the health of Venezuelans and Cubans during the 1980s and 1990s. It seeks to illustrate, through the lens of health care, how global economic forces affect national development and people's lives. Venezuela and Cuba struggled with severe economic crises and their health systems suffered. Cuba, however, was able to preserve a greater degree of control over its adjustment …
Perspectives on Canada and Latin America: Changing Context… Changing Policy
For too long, Canada has seen this Hemisphere as our house; it is now time to make it our home... That is the purpose of our policy. Joe Clark, Secretary of State for External Affairs (1990) Canada, Long-Oriented toward Europe and the Commonwealth, seeks to expand its involvement in Latin America. The development of a coherent Canadian policy for Latin America will depend on a variety of domestic and external factors, among them the Canada-United…
Venezuelan Progress Reconsidered
Essay| February 01 1971 Venezuelan Progress Reconsidered George W. Schuyler, George W. Schuyler Instructor of History George W. Schuyler is completing a study on the origins of Acción Democrática, for which he recently spent a year of research in Venezuela. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Dieter K. Zschock Dieter K. Zschock Associate Professor of Economics State University of New York at Stony Brook Diete…
Books reviewed
The Rise of the United Association: National Unionism in the Pipe Trades, 1884–1924. By Martin Segal. Published by the Wertheim Committee, Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1970. 244 pp. $8.00. Cry From the Cotton: The Southern Tenant Farmer's Union and the New Deal. By Donald H. Grubbs. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1971. 192 pp. $8.50. Labour and Unemployment, 1900–1914. By K. D…
The Education-Work Transition of Venezuelan University Stude
University students in Venezuela constitute about ten percent of the corresponding age group (calculated from Universidad Central de Venezuela 1970: 19, Table 5), and leadership of the country's economic and social development is increasingly in the hands of university-trained professionals. University enrollment has quadrupled since 1958, and young professionals who have graduated over the past fifteen years already represent a majority among un…
Hunger in a Land of Plenty
Central America: Democracy, Development, and Change
Introduction by John M. Kirk and George W. Schuyler Part I: Democracy El Salvador: to Halt the Insurgency by Guillermo Manuel Ungo Democratization in El Salvador: Illusion or Reality? by Liisa L. North Democracy, Military Rule, and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala by Jim Handy Consolidating Democracy Under Fire by H.E. Sergio Lacayo Honduras: National Identity, Repression, and Popular Response by Judith A. Weiss Part II: Development Central America: …
Perspectives on Canada and Latin America: Changing Context… Changing Policy
For too long, Canada has seen this Hemisphere as our house; it is now time to make it our home... That is the purpose of our policy. Joe Clark, Secretary of State for External Affairs (1990) Canada, Long-Oriented toward Europe and the Commonwealth, seeks to expand its involvement in Latin America. The development of a coherent Canadian policy for Latin America will depend on a variety of domestic and external factors, among them the Canada-United…
Perspectives on Venezuelan Democracy
The adoption of neoliberal policies in Latin America comes at a time of questioning of the development assumptions of the past 40 years. Samir Amin suggests that after the great surge of state-led developmentalism in the 1950s and 1960s, which centered on industrialization, modernization, and the conquest of poverty, the 1980s brought disillusionment: Developmentalism has broken down, its theory is in crisis, its ideology the subject of doubt (Am…
Globalization and Health: Venezuela and Cuba
This article explores the impact of globalization and neo-liberal reforms on the health of Venezuelans and Cubans during the 1980s and 1990s. It seeks to illustrate, through the lens of health care, how global economic forces affect national development and people's lives. Venezuela and Cuba struggled with severe economic crises and their health systems suffered. Cuba, however, was able to preserve a greater degree of control over its adjustment …
State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940
For three decades, Cuban studies emphasized the origins, process, and aftermath of the 1959 revolution. Scholarly debates often mirrored political polarization, vigorously attacking or defending the revolution. With the end of the cold war in 1990, a broader exploration of Cuban history emerged, particularly of the Cuban Republic (1902–58). State and Revolution in Cuba is a valuable contribution to this diversification. Whitney argues that Cuba’s…
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