The Gatekeeper State: Limited Economic Reforms and Regime Survival in Cuba, 1989-2002

Corrales, Javier

doi:10.1353/lar.2004.0025

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“…2. Corrales (2004) was analyzing the Cuban crisis and how the Castro regime seemed to have weathered the economic crisis. This explanation has resonance with what is happening in Zimbabwe.…”

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Political Deadlock and Devolved Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe

Mapedza

Bond

2006

The Journal of Environment & Development

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Since February 2000, Zimbabwe has been experiencing an unparalleled period of political, economic, and social uncertainty. The most prominent features are the political deadlock generated by (a) confrontation between the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party; (b) the illegal invasion of private land; (c) hyperinflation; and (d) the withdrawal of bilateral donor funds. Generally, a culture of impunity exists that compromises the rule of law. Within this crisis, very little attention has been given to the impact that this political deadlock and uncertainty have on natural resource management in the communal lands of Zimbabwe. Between 1990 and 2000, Zimbabwe's Communal Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) was considered one of the leading community conservation initiatives attracting considerable international interest and analysis. This article analyzes the changes that are taking place within Nenyunga Ward, Gokwe North Rural District Council (RDC), since 2000. By comparing selected natural resource management activities before and after 2000, the article demonstrates how the larger macroeconomic and political processes are undermining natural resource management at the ward level.

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Political Deadlock and Devolved Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe

Mapedza

Bond

2006

The Journal of Environment & Development

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“…However, that ideology informed pragmatic solutions must not be ignored but at the same time not overemphasized. The execution of uneven economic reforms revamping some sectors of the economy while leaving others untouched explains the Cuban regimes’ political survival strategy because it bolstered the power of the state and its hardliners with some gains on society (Corrales 2004: 35–65). Cuba is popularized for spending more resources on social development guided by its socialist leanings.…”

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How Cuba Survived Sanctions and the Lessons for Zimbabwe

Hove

Ndawana

Nhemachena

2020

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations

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This article discusses how Cuba survived the economic sanctions that were imposed by the USA and the lessons that Zimbabwe and other sanctioned countries can glean. Using the subaltern framework for analysis, the article’s central argument is that Cuba survived the US-imposed economic embargo through sound planning, rigorous policy formulation, and implementation in the critical sectors of education and health, including tactical diplomatic maneuvers among other strategies. It concludes that Cuba’s survival against the US economic embargo provides a number of significant lessons for many countries, including Zimbabwe facing economic sanctions from powerful states.

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“…In the 1990s, the domestic pressure groups remained very weak. At the level of the top leadership, important hardliners (i.e., Fidel himself, hardcore party leaders, and military officials) were interested mostly in containing market opportunities (see Corrales 2004). This time, the domestic environment might be different.…”

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“…This opening of property rights is unprecedented in Revolutionary Cuba. In the reforms of the 1990s, very few property rights were granted to Cubans (Corrales 2004). The state authorized only a handful of selfemployment activities, all with onerous restrictions (high taxes, limits on hiring, bans on partnerships).…”

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Cuba's “Equity without Growth” Dilemma and the 2011 Lineamientos

Corrales¹

2012

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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Cuba faces a development dilemma: it promotes equity and human capital while failing to deliver economic growth. For the government, the country's equity and human capital achievements are a source of pride, a sign that its priorities are right. This essay argues instead that this “equity without growth” dilemma is a sign of malaise. Theory and evidence suggest that high levels of equity and human capital should produce high levels of economic growth. Because growth is often weak or negative, some onerous barriers to development must be present. These barriers, it is argued, are restrictions on property and political rights. By comparing Cuba and China across two sectors, the bicycle industry and Internet access, this article shows how these restrictions have hindered growth. It also assesses how Cuba's latest economic reforms, the so‐called Lineamientos, will address Cuba's development dilemma. The impact may be minimal, but perhaps more lasting than previous reforms.

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The Gatekeeper State: Limited Economic Reforms and Regime Survival in Cuba, 1989-2002

Cited by 49 publications

References 16 publications

Political Deadlock and Devolved Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe

Political Deadlock and Devolved Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe

How Cuba Survived Sanctions and the Lessons for Zimbabwe

Cuba's “Equity without Growth” Dilemma and the 2011 Lineamientos

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