Debating Cuban Exceptionalism

by Whitehead, Laurence; Hoffmann, Bert

• ISBN13: 9781403980755
• ISBN10: 1403980756
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This volume traces the developments in Cuba following the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the subsequent definitive demise of state socialism. Working from the premise that most non-European countries did not undergo the economic and political regime changes experienced by their European counterparts, this volume examines the nature of Cuban socialism. Topics covered include: the reasons for the persistence of " the Cuban model," and an examination of the complex interaction between elite and non-elite actors, as well as between domestic and international forces.

Author Biography

Bert Hoffmann is Senior Researcher, Institute of Latin American Studies, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg.
Laurence Whitehead is Official Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College. 

Table of Contents

Preface

On Cuban Political Exceptionalism

Cuba: From Exception to Democratization?

How Exceptional Is the Cuban Economy?

The Gatekeeper State: Limited Economic Reforms and Regime Survival in Cuba, 1989-2002

Cuba: Consensus in Retreat

Cuba's Dilemma of Simultaneity: The Link between the Political and the National Question

The Cuban-American Political Machine: Reflections on Its Origins and Perpetuation

Rethinking Civil Society and Religion in Cuba

The Knots of Memory: Culture, Reconciliation, and Democracy in Cuba

Conclusions: Cuban Exceptionalism Revisited

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