ABSTRACT

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.

part I|161 pages

Economy

chapter |6 pages

Economic Liberalization

chapter 1|13 pages

Perspective on a Changing Cuba

chapter 5|17 pages

Foreign Exchange Constraints

Crisis, Adjustment, and Gradual Exit

chapter 7|14 pages

Cuba's Agricultural Transformations

Moving toward Market Socialism?

chapter 8|13 pages

Tourism in Cuba

Barriers to Economic Growth and Development

chapter 10|25 pages

Forecasting Cuba's Economy

Two Years, Five Years, and Twenty Years 1

part II|107 pages

Politics and Civil Society

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 11|7 pages

Cuba

chapter 12|15 pages

The Politics of Culture in Cuba

chapter 14|16 pages

Indirect Confrontation

The Evolution of the Political Strategy of the Cuban Catholic Church

chapter 15|9 pages

Race in Cuban Society Today

The Letter and the Spirit

chapter 16|15 pages

Sparks of Civil Society in Cuba

Afro-Cuban Cultural Production, Artistic Interventions, and the Struggle for a New Public Sphere

chapter 17|15 pages

Clase versus raza en Cuba

La cuestión racial y el alzamiento del Partido Independiente de Color bajo la perspectiva anarquista (1902–1913) 1

part III|80 pages

Cuba and the World

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 20|13 pages

Globalization and the Socialist Multinational

Cuba at the Intersection of Business and Human Rights

chapter 22|14 pages

North Americans in Cuba in the 1960s

chapter 23|16 pages

Reinventing Guantánamo

Cuba-US Biofuel Production Capability

chapter 24|5 pages

Conclusion