Debating Cuban Exceptionalism

This volume traces the developments in Cuba following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent definitive demise of state socialism. Topics covered include: the reasons for the persistence of 'the Cuban model,' and an examination of the interaction between elite and non-elite actors, as well as between domestic and international forces.

Preface; C. Offe On Cuban Political Exceptionalism; L. Whitehead Cuba: From Exception to Democratization? ; A. Arato How Exceptional Is the Cuban Economy? ; E. Morris The Gatekeeper State: Limited Economic Reforms and Regime Survival in Cuba, 1989-2002; J. Corrales Cuba: Consensus in Retreat; H. A. Dilla Cuba's Dilemma of Simultaneity: The Link between the Political and the National Question; B. Hoffmann The Cuban-American Political Machine: Reflections on Its Origins and Perpetuation; A. Portes Rethinking Civil Society and Religion in Cuba M. C. Crahan & A. Armony The Knots of Memory: Culture, Reconciliation, and Democracy in Cuba; R. Rojas Conclusions: Cuban Exceptionalism Revisited; L. Whitehead & B. Hoffmann