Background
Fitzgerald, Frank Thomas was born on August 25, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ted and Alice Gertrude (Lockley) Fitzgerald.
( Managing Socialism challenges the theoretical underpinn...)
Managing Socialism challenges the theoretical underpinnings of Cuban Studies--the elite/mass perspective. It offers a major reinterpretation of the revolutionary process which focuses on the rise and fall of different types of social actors at the intermediate level of Cuban society. Frank Fitzgerald identifies intermediate level types: the prerevolutionary middle class; the old cadres who in the 1960s attained administrative positions with political credentials; and the new professionals who primarily since 1970 enter these same occupations on the basis of education. Fitzgerald focuses on the transitions from one type to the next and uncovers conflict/cooperation patterns between the three strata of Cuban society. His study offers new insight into the early exodus from Cuba, the problem of scarce skills, and Cuba's educational expansion. Managing Socialism's previously unexplored subject matter and its challenging theoretical approach make it required reading. Focusing on the relationship between social stratification and politics broadly conceived, Fitzgerald examines major changes at the intermediate level of Cuban society resulting from and in turn influencing the Cuban revolutionary process. Thereby dismissing the elite/mass perspective theory, Fitzgerald begins his analysis with an examination of factors leading to the scarcity and misallocation of skills in the 1960s. Leadership responses to this problem are then analyzed as important links to the crisis of 1970 and the emergence of new professionals. The post 1970 rectification process is explored and a study conducted of the decline of the old cadres and rise of the new professionals. A chapter is then given to the problem of bureaucratic centralism and typical patterns of conflict and cooperation between social types. A discussion of the 1986 rectification campaign and a summary of major findings conclude Fitzgerald's provocative work.
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Fitzgerald, Frank Thomas was born on August 25, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Ted and Alice Gertrude (Lockley) Fitzgerald.
Bachelor of Science in Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, 1966; Ma in Sociology, New School Social Research, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1985.
Research associate Heller School, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968-1971;
instructor, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York, 1972-1974;
associate professor, College St. Rose, Albany, New York, since 1974. Adjunct Professor Empire State College, Albany, 1975, 77. Visiting professor State University of New York, Albany, 1990.
Member editorial board Science & Society, New York City, since 1990. Guest researcher Institute Argentino Para El Desarrollo Economico, Buenos Aires, 1989. Lecturer in field.
( Managing Socialism challenges the theoretical underpinn...)
Host, producer Peace Radio, WRPI, Troy, 1984-1989. Member American Sociological Association, Latin American Studies Association, Center Cuban Studies, Berkshire Forum (board consultant 1975-1989).
Married Lana Metz, April 22, 1963 (divorced 1973). Children: Sean Ted, Laurie Anne. Married Pamela Marian Robert, July 19, 1991.
Children: T. Eden, C. Aidan, Robert-Fitzgerald.