Debating Cuban Exceptionalism

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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. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi On Cuban Political Exceptionalism....Pages 1-26 Cuba: From Exception to Democratization?....Pages 27-36 How Exceptional Is the Cuban Economy?....Pages 37-59 The Gatekeeper State: Limited Economic Reforms and Regime Survival in Cuba, 1989–2002....Pages 61-88 Cuba: Consensus in Retreat....Pages 89-99 Cuba’s Dilemma of Simultaneity: The Link between the Political and the National Question....Pages 101-121 The Cuban-American Political Machine: Reflections on Its Origins and Perpetuation....Pages 123-137 Rethinking Civil Society and Religion in Cuba....Pages 139-163 The Knots of Memory: Culture, Reconciliation, and Democracy in Cuba....Pages 165-186 Conclusions: Cuban Exceptionalism Revisited....Pages 187-205 Back Matter....Pages 207-239