Toward a New Cuba? : Legacies of a Revolution

This thorough overview of contemporary Cuban society provides a systematic analysis of the political and economic transitions of the 1990s, the way in which present conditions will shape the future of the island, and the extent to which Cuba fits, or defies, current models of transition. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Toward a New Politics 1 Cuba's Search for Alternatives 2 The Invisible Crisis: The Exhaustion of Politics in 1990s Cuba 3 Socialism and Sociolismo: Social Actors and Economic Change in 1990s Cuba 4 Are Blacks "Getting Out of Control"? Racial Attitudes, Revolution, and Political Transition in Cuba 5 Cuba-U.S. Relations and the Process of Transition: Possible Consequences of Covert Agendas 6 Transition and the Ideology of Exile Part 2: Toward the Market 7 Crisis and Reform in Cuba 8 The Limits of Socialism in a Capitalist World Economy: Cuba Since the Collapse of the Soviet Bloc 9 The Cuban Economy in the Mid-1990s: Structural/Monetary Pathology and Public Policy 10 Cuba's Second Economy and the Market Transition 11 Economic Changes in Cuba: Problems and Challenges 12 The Economics of the Present Moment Part 3: Postscript Transition to What? Reflections: May 1,1996 Bibliography About the Contributors Index About the Book