Cuba Today:

Continuity and Change since the 'Periodo Especial'

Conference Proceedings
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Part I: Changing Perceptions, Emergent Perspectives (pdf)

1 Critical Perspectives on Civil Society
Sujatha Fernandes
2 Dollarization, Consumer Capitalism and Popular Responses
Katherine Gordy
3 To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest
Dick Cluster
4 The Nueva Trova: Frank Delgado and Survival of a Critical Voice
Lauren E. Shaw
5 Humor in Literature and Film of the Special Period
Iraida H. López
6 Gay Space in Havana
Scott Larson

Part II: Economic Transformations (pdf)

7 Banking Sector Reforms
Mario A. Gonzalez Corzo
8 The Future of Cuba’s Energy Sector
A. Alhajji and Terry L. Maris
9 Food Security in Cuba
James E. Ross

Part III: Immigration and Ethnic Identity (pdf)

10 The Clash Between Cuban Immigrant Cohorts
Susan Eckstein
11 Of Rafters and Refugees
Ted Henken
12 Remaking Havana’s Barrio Chino
Kathleen López
13 Cuba and China: Labor Links 1
Terri R. Dabney

Part IV: Evolving Institutions (pdf)

14 Anatomy of the Bill on Agricultural Cooperatives
Peter Roman
15 Political Dimensions of International NGO Collaboration with Cuba
Adrian H. Hearn
16 Cuba Through Mexico’s Mirror
Patricia Olney
17 Aspects of the Dead
Todd Ramón Ochoa
18 History of the Cuban National Library
Carlos Riobó
19 Cuba’s Social Work Education Initiative
David Strug and Walter Teague

 

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