Susan Eva Eckstein is Professor of Sociology at Boston University and former president of the Latin American Studies Association. She is the author of "Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro "(1994). Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and former program chair of the Latin American Studies Association. He is the author of "Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Insurgents and Regimes since 1956 "(1992). Together they edited "Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America "(2002).