Capitalism and Socialism in Cuba: A Study of Dependency, Development and Underdevelopment

by Patricia Ruffin

Overview

Capitalism and Socialism in Cuba documents the history of the attempts by a small island nation to survive and gain respectability within an everchanging international political economy. Professor Ruffin presents a detailed account of the social, political, and economic forces affecting Cuba's prospects for development under both capitalism and socialism. Part one of the study focuses on Cuba's historical association with capitalism and the relationship that Cuba established with the United States. Part two of the study delineates the nature of Cuba-Soviet relations and deals exclusively with the question of socialist dependency. Professor Ruffin's study is a systematic analysis of the internal (race and class formations) and external (capitalism and socialism) factors that have thus far shaped Cuban history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333521250
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/29/1990
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Edition description:	1990
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Map - List of Tables - Preface - Acknowledgements - PART 1 CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES - Marxist, Neo-Marxist and Third World Interpretations of Development - Cuba and the Development of Underdevelopment - The Structure of Cuban Dependence - PART 2 CUBA AND THE SOVIET UNION - The Transition to Socialism - The Consolidation of Socialism in Cuba - Socialist Development and Dependency - Conclusions and Findings - Selected Bibliography - Index