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