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social policies were the main social elevators for the formerly underprivileged classes in socialist Cuba, the economic … business sector in Cuba has largely disfavoured Afro-Cubans, due to their lack of access to pre-revolutionary property and …
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The 'Cuban safety-valve theory' explains sustained survival of Cuban socialism in part through the high levels of emigration, following Hirschman's model of 'exit' undermining 'voice'. The article argues that this remains insufficient in two important ways. Taking a closer look at the crisis...
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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 … exceptionalism with a more long-term historic perspective. Moreover, they suggest that interpretations of Cuba as simply a 'belated …
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attributed to charismatic rule: Cuba's longstanding exceptionalism regarding the 'second man' behind the leader; the succession …
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While traditional theories of legitimacy have focused on the nation-state, authoritarian regimes and democracies alike seek legitimation not only in the domestic realm but also from international sources. This paper argues that the degree to, and the form in, which they do so depend on the...
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attributed to charismatic rule: Cuba's longstanding exceptionalism regarding the "second man" behind the leader; the succession … ; Cuba …
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downsized its once expansive international dimensions. -- Relations ; legitimation ; authoritarian regime ; Cuba ; socialism …
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-socialist Cuba, a diachronic comparison analyzes civil society dynamics prior to the Internet - in the early to mid-1990s, and a …
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