Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 364 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780300245516
Inhalt:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction '¡Somos Cuba! ¡Somos Continuidad!' -- 1. The Challenge of (Socialist) Development -- 2. Surviving the Crisis: The Special Period -- 3. Fidel Castro's Citizens' Army: The Battle of Ideas -- 4. Power to the People: The Energy Revolution -- 5. The Curious Case of Cuba's Biotech Revolution -- 6. Cuban Medical Internationalism: An Army of White Coats -- 7. Cuba and the United States: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose? -- 8. Raúl Castro's Reforms: Socialist Efficiency or Capitalist Opening? -- 9. The Cuban Tightrope: Between the Plan and the Market -- 10. Surviving into the Post-rapprochement Period -- Interviews and Selected Talks -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index
Inhalt:
The extraordinary account of the Cuban people's struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world 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 for the first time the remarkable story of how Cuba survived while the rest of the Soviet bloc crumbled. Yaffe shows how Cuba has been gradually introducing select market reforms. While the government claims that these are necessary to sustain its socialist system, 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, Yaffe shows why the revolution will continue post-Castro. This is a fresh, compelling account of Cuba's socialist revolution and the challenges it faces today
Anmerkung:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780300230031
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Yaffe, Helen We are Cuba! New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780300230031
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0300230036
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Kuba
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Geschichte 1959-2020
DOI:
10.12987/9780300245516
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