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Handbook of Contemporary Cuba: Economy, Politics, Civil Society, and Globalization

2013

Cuban studies is a highly dynamic field shaped by the country's distinctive political and economic circumstances. Mauricio A. Font and Carlos Riobo offer an up-to-date and comprehensive survey offering the latest research available from a broad array of disciplines and perspectives. The Handbook of Contemporary Cuba brings contributions from leading scholars from the United States, Cuba, Europe, and other world regions and introduces the reader to the key literature in the field in relation to rapidly changing events on the island and in global political and economic affairs. It also addresses timely developments in Cuban civil society and human rights. The guide also presents economic models and forecasts as well as analyses of the recent, pivotal Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. For students, scholars, and experts in government, it is a vital addition to any collection on Latin American studies or global politics.

(2014) CUBAN SOCIALISM: TOWARDS A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Cuban Socialism: Towards a Development Strategy

Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Journal, 2014

The process of structural economic change experienced in Cuba, especially since the sixth Cuban Communist Party (PCC) Congress in 2011, presents us with a perfect opportunity to rethink about the economic foundation of socialist development. By recalling conceptual frameworks and using primary and secondary sources, I argue that, in Cuba, the basis of socialist development has moved from following a model or pattern of development to the adoption of a real development strategy. A new development strategy for Cuba entails the opening of new markets spaces in order to stimulate a process of industrialisation linked to the global chain of production and distribution. Resumen El proceso de cambio estructural y económico experimentado en Cuba, en particular a partir del el sexto Congreso del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) en 2011, nos presenta una oportunidad perfecta para repensar las bases económicas del desarrollo socialista. Recordando los marcos conceptuales y a partir del uso de f...

Uncertainties and Paradoxes About Cuba’s Future

International Relations and Diplomacy, 2018

Historically, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FARs) of Cuba have held an important role since 1959. In this paper, we offer some ideas regarding the FAR political and economic power in Cuba's new political scenario. This paper explores the role of FAR, the Cuban institution that is less transparent and most difficult to analyze. It discusses its economic activities and its relationship with civil society, and offers possible scenarios for the post Castro era. The article presents these ideas which have emerged after three visits to Cuba where we carried out 53 interviews in Havana, Santa Clara, and Cienfuegos.

Political Economy of the Cuban Society before the post-Castro Transition

2015

The objective of this paper is to analyse the links between politics and economics in present Cuba and assess their external repercussions into the rest of the world. Cuban society has been challenged for 18 years by a unique experiment in its economy and politics: a combination of isolation and attempts at changing the strands of globalisation. Both had its endogenous and exogenous factors. E.g. by refusing to yield to external pressures of isolation and to get "globalised " with the incumbent capitalist world (as other communist countries did), the Castro regime had to "internalise " these pressures into turning the country to a police state that brought the nation an unparalleled misery. Paradoxically, such a shock strengthened the regime, so that Castros could even respond by re-arranging the world order at quite a significant margin. What went wrong? Politics of the democratic world towards communist Cuba somehow abandoned the well-proven soft-pedalling appr...

Cuba Today and the Future of Cuban Socialism

Monthly Review, 1997

In the April 1996 issue of this magazine, William Smaldone presented his observations and interpretations from his participation in the Seventh Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists in Cuba inJune 1995. This brief article is motivated by the following two considerations: 1) There have been a number of changes in Cuba over the last year that impact on several of the issues considered by Smaldone. Among these are an improved economy, a decision by the leadership of the revolution to increase the attention paid to political work and the goal of socialism, 1 and increased statistical information on the extent of the economic downturn in the early 1990s. This article will discuss these recent developments. 2) Smaldone's title "Observations on the Cuban Revolution" correctly suggested the nature of his article as a series of observations and reflections. What was not clear in the article was what the author thought the sum of his observations had to say about the overall situation in Cuba, specifically AI Campbell teaches economics at the University of Utah. He would particularly like to thank Cliff DuRand, who has been the sparkplug for the past nine yearly meetings in Cuba, that gave rise to Bill Smaldone's article and this response. Beyond thanks or the many in teresting discussions on theory and practice in Cuba, he would like to thank DuRand for his dedication to the project of keeping open a window of contact between U.S. citizens and Cubans in the face of persistent efforts by the U.S. government to make such contacts as difficult and limited as possible.

The Cuban Economy: A Current Evaluation and Proposals for Necessary Policy Changes

2009

Politicians, social scientists and general readers have noted in both Cuban and international academic forums and periodicals that the well-being enjoyed by the Cuban people in the 1980s has been seriously compromised since the economic crisis of the 1990s. Even for the most skeptical of observers it is clear that this worsening of conditions can be attributed not only to external factors, such as the breakup of the international socialist system, the tightening of the US blockade, and the worldwide economic crisis suffered by underdeveloped countries, but also to internal factors that have kept the country from taking full advantage of the human and material potential available on the island. Although Cuba is currently experiencing an economic recovery from the collapse in GDP in the mid 1990s following the collapse of its ties with the Socialist Bloc, it continues to maintain high import coefficients due to longstanding structural

Cuba: reforming the economy and opening society

2014

Cuba is undertaking an internal and external adaptation process to ensure the survival of its economic and political model in a globalised world. In spite of the ongoing restrictions imposed on trade, investment and mobility by its most powerful neighbour, the U.S., Cuba has succeeded in forming new alliances with its regional neighbours that have shown an economic and/or political interest in the future of the current Cuban system. The effects of limited political reform and the limited lifting of communication and travel restrictions have increased relations with the Cuban community abroad. The success of economic reform measures depends not only on the still-missing internal consensus of a fairly divided Cuban society, but also on the external cooperation of both friends and foes in the international community. The reintegration efforts with the global North (the European Union and U.S.) seem to be one of the strategies for updating the island's economic model and contributing to a gradual reform of its political model. 1 The findings of this report are based on interviews with government officials, academics and diplomats in Havana and experts on Cuba in various Latin American countries, and the available literature.

Cuba and the Economic Policies of Peripheral Socialism - Recent Reforms in a Historical Perspective

Routledge, 2024

Co-authored with Vitor Schincariol. More info here: https://www.routledge.com/Cuba-and-the-Economic-Policies-of-Peripheral-Socialism-Recent-Reforms-in/Schincariol-Vasconcelos/p/book/9781032411187 ABSTRACT - Departing from the category of 'peripheral socialism', this book offers an economic history of the Cuban revolution between 1959 and 2019, with a focus on the period that ranges between 2008 and 2018. The core of the research is the administration of Raúl Castro and the economic and social reforms introduced by it under the concept of socialism update. The book describes Cuba’s recent economic policies and analyses the structure and dynamics of Cuba’s economic changes, offering a panoramic view which can serve as an introduction to further more detailed analyses. The book also offers an interpretation of Cuba’s socialism in light of the Latin American political economy of underdevelopment, so as to interpret Cuba’s structural economic performance. The analytical background will enable readers to understand the contemporary crises in Cuba, with a balanced look at the triumphs and limits of its peripheral socialism. It will find an audience among scholars and researchers of economic development and history, macroeconomics, Latin American and Cuban Studies, Socialism Studies, and related areas. It will also be of interest to economists, politicians, diplomats, journalists, and NGOs. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 - Introduction: Cuban Revolution and Peripheral Socialism PART 1 - ECONOMIC HISTORY Chapter 2 - The economic history of the Cuban Revolution: an overview, 1959-1999 Chapter 3 - Cuba in the 21st Century: reforming the peripheral socialism (2000-2010) Chapter 4 - Socialist update: The Guidelines of Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution and its consequences (2011-2018) PART 2 - MACROECONOMIC AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS Chapter 5 - Macroeconomic performance Chapter 6 - Balance of payments Chapter 7 - State sector and social aspects Chapter 8 - Final remarks: crisis or peripheral?

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