Back from the Future: Cuba Under Castro

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ISBN: 9780415947947 | 0415947944
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Copyright: 9/3/2003

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Back From the Futureis the definitive analysis of Castro's Cuba from 1959 to the present. The Second Edition contains a new Preface and Epilogue by the author addressing such important changes of the last decade as the growing immigrant community of Cuban-Americans in Florida, the withering U.S. embargo on Cuba, the role of Cubans in the 2000 elections, and the inevitable transition of power now that Castro is in his seventies. No other book on Cuba offers such an in-depth and grounded historical analysis.

LIST OF TABLES

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

xiii

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

xvi

ABBREVIATIONS

xxv

CHAPTER ONE The Limits and Possibilities of Socialism

(28)

Contextual Factors Affecting State Policy Options

(9)

Ideology as a Force Sui Generis under State Socialism?

(2)

The Historical Roots of the Cuban Revolution

(5)

State Transformation under Castro

(12)

CHAPTER TWO The "Push for Communism" and the "Retreat to Socialism": 1959 to 1985

(29)

Toward a Utopian Future: The Latter 1960's "Push for Communism"

(8)

Back from the Future: The 1970's and Early 1980's "Retreat to Socialism"

(17)

Conclusion

(2)

CHAPTER THREE The Late 1980's Campaign to "Rectify Errors and Negative Tendencies": Socialist Renegade or Retrograde in the Era of Perestroika?

(28)

The Moral Campaign for "Rectification"

(1)

Policy Changes Associated with the "Rectification Process"

(9)

State Efforts to Address Emergent Problems

(8)

Impact of the "Rectification Process"

(7)

Conclusion

(2)

CHAPTER FOUR From Communist Solidarity to Communist Solitary: The 1990's "Special Period in Peacetime"

(40)

From Communist Solidarity to Communist Solitary

(8)

"Special Period in Peacetime" Economic and Labor Reforms

(17)

Democratization in Form and Practice

113

(6)

People's Responses to the "Special Period"

119

(7)

Conclusion

126

(2)

CHAPTER FIVE The Irony of Success: Social Accomplishments and Their Unintended Consequences

128

(21)

Health Welfare

129

(11)

Social and Fiscal Ramifications of the Demographic Revolution

140

(4)

The Impact of the "Revolution within the Revolution": Women's Participation in the Labor Force

144

(3)

Conclusion

147

(2)

CHAPTER SIX "A Maximum of Ruralism, a Minimum of Urbanism": From Idealism to Realism

149

(22)

The 1960's "A Maximum o f Ruralism, A Minimum of Urbanism": Idealistic and Pragmatic

151

(6)

The New Urbanism of the 1970's and Early 1980's

157

(6)

The "Rectification of Urban Errors" in the Latter 1980's

163

(2)

A "Maximum of Ruralism" in the 1990's: Pragmatism without Idealism

165

(4)

Conclusion

169

(2)

CHAPTER SEVEN Internationalism

171

(33)

Overseas Activities

171

(10)

Cuba as a Soviet Surrogate

181

(5)

Moral Bases for Overseas Involvements

186

(2)

The Economics of Internationalism

188

(12)

Future Prospects of Internationalism

200

(4)

CHAPTER EIGHT The Relevance of the Revolution

204

(15)

What Occurred? The Cuban Experience Summarized in Historical and Comparative Perspectives

204

(2)

What Is to Be Learned? Theoretical Implications

206

(7)

What Is to Be Done?

213

(6)

CHAPTER NINE Epilogue: Dollarization and its Discontents in the Post-Soviet Era

219

(25)

The New International Context: Cuba's Trade, Investment, and Aid Marginalization in the Post-Cold War

220

(4)

Remittances: Cuban Americans to the Rescue

224

(3)

State Remittance- and Other Informal Dollarization-Linked Initiatives

227

(4)

Individual and Institutional Forces Shaping Remittance Flows

231

(2)

The Impact of Informal Dollarization

233

(8)

Conclusion

241

(3)

APPENDIX: TABLES

244

(17)

NOTES

261

(50)

INDEX

311

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