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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: GIGA Working Papers ; No. 28

Klassifikation
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Thema
Cuba
comparative politics
exceptionalism
socialism
transition

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hoffmann, Bert
Whitehead, Laurence
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
(wo)
Hamburg
(wann)
2006

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hoffmann, Bert
  • Whitehead, Laurence
  • German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Entstanden

  • 2006

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