Co-operativism and Local Development in Cuba brings together a series of pathbreaking essays that examine the role of co-operativism, and the new co-operatives, in the democratic transformation of Cuba and the government's plan to update the model in the current context. The contributors are well-known specialists on Cuba, co-operativism, and local development. With a shared concern for how an increased focus on co-operativism and local development can contribute to the updating of the Cuban model and the advance of socialism, the contributors have placed their analysis in the broader context of the international co-operative movement and the ongoing capitalist development process in Latin America.
Contributors include: Milford Bateman, Al Campbell, Grizel Donéstevez Sánchez, Cliff DuRand, Olga Fernández Ríos, Julio C. Gambina, Camila Piñeiro Harnecker, Sonja Novković, Dayrelis Ojeda Suris, Gabriela Roffinelli, Frederick. S. Royce, Dean Sinković, Henry Veltmeyer, Marcelo Vieta.
Publication date: October 8, 2019
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Updating the Cuban Model
1 Building Alternatives Beyond Capital
Julio C. Gambina and Gabriela Roffinelli
2 The Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America
Henry Veltmeyer
3 New Co-operativism in Latin America: Implications for Cuba
Marcelo Vieta
4 The New Guidelines: Economic Changes and Its Political and Social Impact
Olga Fernández Ríos
5 Co-operatives in Socialist Construction
Cliff DuRand
6 Co-operativism in Cuba Prior to 2012
Grizel Donéstevez Sánchez
7 Agricultural Production Co-operatives in Cuba: Toward Sustainability
Frederick S. Royce
8 Cuba's Co-operative Sector and the Project of Deep Reforms
Al Campbell
9 Co-operatives in Cuba's New Socio-economic Model: What Has been Done and What Could be Done?
Camila Piñeiro Harnecker
10 The Role of Co-operatives in Transforming Cuba's Economy
Sonja Novković
11 Supporting Co-operative Development in Cuba: Getting the Local Institutions Right
Milford Bateman, Dayrelis Ojeda Suris and Dean Sinković
Conclusion
Index
