Overview

The economic crisis in the wake of the COVID pandemic is putting Cuba's socialism to a severe test. The government in Havana has added a fundamental reform of the economy, institutional structure and social policies to the agenda. This volume brings together contributions from leading international experts as well as from the island itself, analysing the economic, political and social challenges Cuba is facing today.

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Author:   Prof. Bert Hoffmann ,  Laurence Whitehead ,  Ruxandra Ana ,  José Chofre Sirvent
Publisher:   Verlag Barbara Budrich
Imprint:   Verlag Barbara Budrich
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9783847425465

ISBN 10:   3847425463
Pages:   331
Publication Date:   06 September 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Social Policies and Institutional Reform in Post-COVID Cuba: A Necessary Agenda (Bert Hoffmann) Part I: Social Policies Governance Challenges in Contemporary Cuba: Social Policies and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (Laurence Whitehead) Social Policy in Cuba: Public Administration Challenges and Achievements (Betsy Anaya Cruz / Anicia García Álvarez) “Who is Going to Take Care of Me?” Care and Ageing in Cuba: a Social Policy Challenge (Blandine Destremau) Habitat Management in Old Havana: Housing Cooperatives as an Urban Resilience Mechanism for Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Sustainable Tourism (Mireia Carrasco Ferri / María Jiménez Campos) Food Access in Cuba: Current Situation and Challenges (Anicia García Álvarez / Betsy Anaya Cruz) Part II: Institutional Transformation of economic life The difficulties of Institutional Change in Cuba (José Antonio Alonso / Pavel Vidal) “Neither Plan nor Market”. Problems and Coherence of the Gradualist Reform Approach (Marcel Kunzmann) Multiple Economies and Everyday Resistance in Cuba: A Bottom-up Transition (Louis Thiemann / Claudia Mare) Bailarín, Bailador, Callejero, Inflador: Being/Becoming Professional on Cuba’s Dance Scene (An ethnographic Approach) (Ruxandra Ana) Cuban Institutional Reform and the Crossroads of Inequality in the 21st Century (Rosa María Voghon Hernández) Part III: Constitutional reform and beyond Cuba’s 2019 Constitution and Socialist Constitutionalism: Realities and Challenges (José Chofre-Sirvent) The Reception of International Treaties in Cuba in the Light of the 2019 Constitution (Carmen Antón Guardiola) Deliberation in the Constitutional Reform Process: Cuba in Comparative Context (Yanina Welp) Stable Change in Cuba after the Constitutional Referendum (Francisco Sánchez) Index

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Prof. Dr. Bert Hoffmann is Lead Researcher at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, and Professor of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin.

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