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阿諾德·奧古斯特 Arnold August
阿諾德·奧古斯特於1970年獲得蒙特利爾麥吉爾大學政治學碩士學位。從20世紀70年代中期到1994年，他從事研究工作，並積極參與政治和工會活動。
這位居住在蒙特利爾的作家、記者和講師著有《古巴的民主與1997-98年大選》（哈瓦那何塞·馬蒂出版社，1999年）。
2013年，他的下一本書《古巴及其鄰國：民主的演變》由英國Zed Books出版社和加拿大Fernwood Publishing出版社聯合出版英文版，並由芝加哥大學出版社在美國發行。該書探討了委內瑞拉、玻利維亞、厄瓜多爾和古巴，以及美國，共同的主題是參與式民主。
該書曾被以下刊物評論：《國際古巴研究雜誌》（英國）、《歐洲拉丁美洲和加勒比研究評論》（荷蘭）、《每月評論》的MR Online（美國）、《綠色左翼周刊》（澳大利亞）、《古巴辯論》（古巴）、古巴哈瓦那電台（古巴）、《反擊》（美國）。來自加拿大、古巴、英國和美國的學者和活動家都對該書給予了高度評價。
2014年，該書的西班牙語版本由古巴社會科學出版社出版。
2015年，該書的韓語版本由一家韓國進步出版社出版。
他的第三本關於古巴的著作，由Fernwood出版社出版，書名為《古巴-美國關係：奧巴馬及其後》（2017年4月）。預計該書將於2018年2月以古巴西班牙語版本出版。
他關於古巴的研究基於自1997年以來在古巴的長期居住和研究。
自1999年以來，他憑借其英文著作，在美國、加拿大、歐洲、古巴和波多黎各的大學舉辦講座和研討會。他是拉丁美洲研究協會（lasa，總部位於美國）、加拿大拉丁美洲和加勒比研究協會（calacs）、英國諾丁漢大學古巴研究論壇以及位於加拉加斯的捍衛人類知識分子和藝術家網絡的成員。
2013年，他榮獲古巴記者協會頒發的費利克斯·埃爾穆薩傑出新聞獎。
2008年至2017年4月間，為了反對媒體對時事的持續虛假宣傳，他撰寫了70餘篇關於古巴、委內瑞拉、洪都拉斯以及新區域一體化運動的文章。這些文章以英文、西班牙文以及部分法文發表於世界各地的眾多網站。在此期間，他接受了美國、加拿大和委內瑞拉數十個廣播電視節目的采訪。
古巴的民主與1997-98年選舉
作者：阿諾德·奧古斯特 1999年1月1日
https://www.amazon.ca/Democracy-1997-98-Elections-Arnold-August/dp/0968508405
本書以第一手資料記錄了古巴的民主實踐。
民主通常被簡要定義為“人民統治”。本書首先從深刻的曆史視角出發，深入剖析了古巴“人民統治”的運作方式。作者選取了兩個具有代表性的選區——一個位於哈瓦那，另一個位於西恩富戈斯省的鄉村地區——對各級候選人的提名和選舉過程，以及當選者對公民的問責機製進行了詳盡的描述。
作者阿諾德·奧古斯特是首位親身參與古巴當代選舉進程幾乎所有環節並撰寫相關著作的非古巴籍人士。本書內容基於他在古巴數月的細致研究、實地考察和訪談。
多位學者指出，本書不僅有助於分析古巴爭取民主的曆史，而且首次如此詳盡地概括了整個選舉過程。
這本416頁的書籍包含135張照片，其中大部分由作者在1997-98年選舉期間拍攝。
Democracy in Cuba & the 1997-98 Elections
https://www.amazon.ca/Democracy-1997-98-Elections-Arnold-August/dp/0968508405?
A first-hand account of Cuba's experience with democracy.
Democracy has been briefly defined as the "rule of the people". This book offers you a profound historical view followed by a thorough inside look at how this "rule of the people" is now working in Cuba. The examination of two weather vane constituencies - one in Havana and another in the countryside of Cienfuegos Province - helps the author to present a detailed description of the nomination of candidates and the elections at all levels, as well as accountability of the elected to the citizens.
The author, Arnold August, is the first non-Cuban who has directly attended virtually all the steps of the contemporary Cuban electoral process in order to write a book on the subject. He has based the content of this volume on many months of painstaking research, personal observation and interviews in Cuba.
Several academics have mentioned that this book contributes to the analysis of Cuba's history with regards to its striving for democracy, as well as synthesizes for the first time so minutely the entire electoral process.
The 416 page book contains 135 photographs, the majority taken by the author during the course of the 1997-98 elections.
Arnold August
Arnold August holds a master's degree in political science from McGill University, Montreal (1970). From the mid-1970s to 1994, he worked as a researcher, and political and trade union activist.
The Montreal-based author, journalist and lecturer wrote Democracy in Cuba and the 1997–98 Elections (Editorial José Martí, Havana, 1999).
In 2013, his next book, Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion,was co-published in English by Zed Books (U.K.) and Fernwood Publishing (Canada), and distributed in the U.S. by the University of Chicago Press. The countries under consideration are Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Cuba, on the one hand, and the U.S., on the other, with the common thread of participatory democracy.
It was reviewed in the following: International Journal of Cuban Studies (U.K.), European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (Netherlands), Monthly Review’s MR Online (U.S.), Green Left Weekly (Australia), CubaDebate (Cuba), Radio Habana Cuba (Cuba), CounterPunch (U.S.). Praise for the book came from academics and activists in Canada, Cuba, the U.K. and the U.S.
In 2014, the Spanish version was published in Cuba by Ciencias Sociales.
A Korean version was released in 2015 by a progressive South Korean publisher.
His third book on Cuba, published by Fernwood Publishing, is entitled Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond (April 2017). It is expected to be published in a Cuban Spanish-language version in February 2018.
His work on Cuba is based on his extensive stays and research on the island since 1997.
Since 1999, based on his books published in English, he has given conferences and lectures at universities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Cuba and Puerto Rico. He is a member of the Latin American Studies Association (lasa, based in the U.S.), the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (calacs), the Cuba Research Forum at the University of Nottingham (U.K.) and the Network of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity based in Caracas.
In 2013, he received the Félix Elmuza Award for outstanding journalism from the Association of Cuban Journalists.
Between 2008 and April 2017, as part of the opposition to ongoing media disinformation on current affairs, he wrote more than 70 articles on Cuba, Venezuela, Honduras and the new regional integration movement. These articles were published on many websites around the world in both English and Spanish as well as some in French. During this time, he was interviewed on dozens of radio and television programs in the U.S., Canada and Venezuela.
Visit Arnold August’s personal web site for more information about his other books and articles, as well as to view his Photo Gallery, click here www.ArnoldAugust.com
