attributed to charismatic rule: Cuba’s longstanding exceptionalism regarding the ‘second man’ behind the leader; the succession …

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 expecta-tions of regime change in Cuba … exceptionalism with a more long-term historic perspective. Moreover, they suggest that interpretations of Cuba as simply a “belated …