Contemporary Cuba

Hope Bastianis assistant professor of anthropology at Wheaton College.Philip Brenner is emeritus professor of international relations at American University.John M. Kirk is emeritus professor of Latin American studies at Dalhousie University.William M. LeoGrande is professor of political science at American University.

No other volume comes close to providing a better understanding of how much has changed in twenty-first century scholarship about Cuba and how much continues to change. What remains unchanged in this new edition is the remarkable breath of the 25 chapters, most authored by a “who’s who” of Cuban scholarship, now joined by younger voices, and all careful to include historical context.

• Introduction: History as Prologue? Cuba Until 2018 by Philip BrennerThe Past is No Longer a Source of Inspiration: A Conversation with Louis A. Pérez, Jr.Part I – PoliticsIntroduction, by William M. LeoGrande1. The New State Structure in Cuba: From Central Power to Municipal Power by Julio Antonio Fernández Estrada. 2. “Martiano,” “Fidelista,” and Reformed? The Communist Party After the Generational Change, by Arturo Lopez-Levy. 3. Civil Society, Nation, and Conflict in Cuba, by Julio Cesar Guanche. 4. July11 Is Still Present in Cuba, by Ailynn Torres Santana. 5. 11J, “Patria y Vida,” and the (Not so) New Cuban Culture Wars, by Michael Bustamante. 6. Cuba Today, Through the Eyes of a Novelist, by Leonardo Padura Part II – EconomicsIntroduction, by Ricardo Torres7. State Enterprise in a New Economic Context, by Juan Triana Cordoví. 8. The Economic Stakeholders in Cuba: Interactions and Alliances on the Economic Stage, by C. Maelia Esther Pérez Silveira.9. Cuba: Economic Crisis, Foreign Investment, and the Challenges of Structural Transformation, by Antonio F. Romero Gómez.10. Social Inequality and Challenges for Attention in Cuba Today, by María del Carmen Zabala Arguelles11. The Food System and Food Production in Cuba, by Armando Nova González. 12. How the Cuban Military Became an Economic Powerhouse, by William M. LeoGrande. 13. Cuba’s Energy Challenges, by Jorge R. PiñónPart III – International RelationsIntroduction by John M. Kirk14. U.S.-Cuban Relations: The New Cold War in the Caribbean, by William M. LeoGrande. 15. Havana-Moscow Relations Following Fidel and Raúl Castro, by Mervyn Bain. Cuba-China Relations: Solidarity and Pragmatism, by Fulton Armstrong.Cuba and a Changing Western Hemisphere, by Philip Brenner. Cuba’s Medical Internationalism and “Soft Power,” by John Kirk and H. Michael Erisman. 19. The Battle over Cuban Transnational Ties: Exiles versus the New Cubans, by Susan Eckstein.Part IV – SocietyIntroduction, by Hope Bastian20.The Comeback of Racial Inequalities: Assessing the Re-stratification of Cuban Society, by Katrin Hansing and Bert Hoffman 21. Infrastructures and Inequalities in Rural Cuba: Challenges for Families, by Vilma Hidalgo López-Chávez22. Evangelical Christianity, the State, and New Political Alliances, by Kirenia Criado Pérez and Dachelys Valdés Moreno23. Magela Romero Interview: Aging and Care in Cuba24. Tarea Vida: Cuba’s state plan to confront climate change, by Helen Yaffe. 25. COVID-19 and Health in Cuba, by Hope Bastian Chronology, 2014 – 2022 IndexAbout the Contributors