Cuba After Castro Legacies, Challenges, and Impediments

by Gonzalez, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780833035738
• ISBN10: 0833035738
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-09
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Accompanies and supports the Cuba After Castros monograph report with more--detailed analyses of the political, social, demographic, and economic problems confronting Cuba.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
The Legacies of Fidelismo and Totalitarianism	p. 1
Fidelismo: A New Variation on Caudilloism	p. 2
From Totalitarianism to Post-Totalitarianism	p. 12
Cuba's Totalitarian Order	p. 13
The Mutation to Post-Totalitarianism	p. 15
The Regime's Staying Power	p. 23
The Legacies of Caudilloism and Totalitarianism	p. 26
Totalitarianism/Post-Totalitarianism's Imprint on Society	p. 35
Conclusion: From a Strong State to a Failed State?	p. 51
Bibliography	p. 55
The Politics of Youth in Cuba: Patterns, Dynamics, and Future Challenges	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
The Cuban Youth: A Demographic, Social, and Political Profile	p. 65
Socialization and Desocialization Among the Young	p. 80
Challenges to Socialization and Governance: Present and Future	p. 92
Future Challenges	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 100
Bibliography	p. 102
CUBA'S Demographic Future and Its Implications	p. 105
Background	p. 105
Purpose and Outline	p. 106
Cuba and the Demographic Transition	p. 107
The Implications of Slow Growth for Cuba's Age Structure	p. 114
The Economic Implications of Changes in the Age Structure	p. 117
Bibliography	p. 131
The Legacies of Socialism: Some Implications for the Cuban Transition	p. 133
Socialist Institutions	p. 135
The Legacies of Cuban Socialism	p. 139
Concluding Remarks	p. 163
Bibliography	p. 165
The Cuban Sugar Industry After the Transition	p. 167
The State of Cuba's Sugar Industry	p. 170
The International Environment	p. 180
Restructuring the Cuban Sugar Industry	p. 187
Concluding Remarks	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 205
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