Arbeitspapier
Cuban Exceptionalism Revisited
The end of Cuban exceptionalism has been much announced since 1989, but a decade and a half later state socialism on the island is still enduring. Transition studies have been criticized for focusing on success stories. Exploring the deviant case of Cuba's 'non-transition' from a comparative social science perspective can shed light on the peculiarities of this case and, more importantly, test the general assumptions underlying post-1989 expectations of regime change in Cuba. Theories of path dependence and cumulative causation are particularly helpful when attempting to link Cuban current political exceptionalism with a more long-term historic perspective. Moreover, they suggest that interpretations of Cuba as simply a 'belated' case of 'third wave' democratization may prove erroneous, even when the health of Fidel Castro finally falters.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: GIGA Working Papers ; No. 28
- Klassifikation
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
- Thema
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Cuba
comparative politics
exceptionalism
socialism
transition
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hoffmann, Bert
Whitehead, Laurence
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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Hamburg
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hoffmann, Bert
- Whitehead, Laurence
- German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Entstanden
- 2006