Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 363 pages)
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780300245516
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0300245513
Content:
The challenge of (socialist) development -- Surviving the crisis : the special period -- Fidel Castro's citizens' army : the battle of ideas -- Power to the people : the energy revolution -- The curious case of Cuba's biotech revolution -- Cuban medical internationalism : an army of white coats -- Cuba and the United States : plus c̜a change, plus c'est la même chose? -- Raúl Castro's reforms : socialist efficiency or capitalist opening? -- The Cuban tightrope : between the plan and the market -- Surviving into the post-rapprochement period
Content:
In the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba faced the start of a crisis that decimated its economy. Helen Yaffe examines the astonishing developments that took place during and beyond this period. Drawing on archival research and interviews with Cuban leaders, thinkers, and activists, this book tells the remarkable story of how Cuba survived while the rest of the Soviet bloc crumbled. Drawing on contemporary events Yaffe shows how Cuba has been gradually introducing select market reforms. The government claims that these are necessary to sustain its socialist system, but many others believe they herald a return to capitalism. Examining key domestic initiatives including the creation of one of the world's leading biotechnological industries, its energy revolution, and medical internationalism alongside recent economic reforms, she shows why the revolution will continue post-Castro. This is a fresh, definitive account of Cuba's socialist revolution and the challenges it faces on its sixtieth anniversary
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300230031
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0300230036
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0300230036
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Yaffe, Helen We are Cuba! New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] ISBN 0300230036
Language:
English
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