REVOLUTION IN THE REVOLUTION: Recent Developments in the Cuban Economy

• Published in: Latin American research review 2014-01, Vol.49 (3), p.246-255
• Main Author: Ritter, Archibald R. M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 21st century; Agricultural policy; Agriculture; Alonso, Jose Antonio; Barberia, Lorena; Business; Campbell, Al; Cooperation; Cooperatives; Cuba; Decentralization; Democracy; Dominguez, Jorge I; Economic Development; Economic growth; Economic policy; Economists; Education policy; Employment policies; Energy policy; Equality; Espina Prieto, Mayra; Farber, Samuel; Foreign exchange rates; Foreign investment; Frank, Marc; Health care policy; Health education; Income distribution; Informal economy; Investments; Joint ventures; Mesa-Lago, Carmelo; Pensions; Perez-Lopez, Jorge; Policy Reform; Political scientists; Politics; Presidents; Private sector; Public enterprise; Radicalism; Reform; Reforms; Review articles; REVIEW ESSAYS; Revolution; Revolutions; Social control; Social Development; Social policy; Socialism; Sociodemographics; Sovereignty; State employees; Tax reform; Trade policy; Twenty First Century; Vidal, Peval
• ISSN: 0023-8791; 1542-4278; 1542-4278
• DOI: 10.1353/lar.2014.0045

A review essay covering books by 1) Jose Antonio Alonso and Peval Vidal (Eds.), Quo vadis, Cuba? La incierta senda de las reformas (2013), 2) Al Campbell (Ed.), Cuban Economists on the Cuban Economy (2013), 3) Jorge I. Dominguez, Omar Everleny Perez Villa-nueva, Mayra Espina Prieto, and Lorena Barberia (Eds.), Cuban Economic and Social Development: Policy Reforms and Challenges in the 21st Century, 4) Samuel Farber, Cuba since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment (2011), 5) Marc Frank, Cuban Revelations: Behind the Scenes in Havana (2013) and 6) Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Jorge Perez-Lopez, Cuba under Raul Castro: Assessing the Reforms (2013).