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Without pause but without haste: economic and political change in Cuba

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dc.contributor.authorBirch, Brendan Patrick, author
dc.contributor.authorMumme, Stephen, advisor
dc.contributor.authorVelasco, Marcela, committee member
dc.contributor.authorBraunstein, Elissa, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-27T03:57:10Z
dc.date.available2015-08-27T03:57:10Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractDevelopments in US-Cuba relations in December of 2014 impelled a renewed interest in Cuban affairs amongst academics, business professionals, and the general population in the United States. But very substantial reforms were taking place in Cuba since about 2007 -years before the US and Cuba decided to initialize a normalization of relations. This thesis provides an overview and analysis of these recent reforms. It also provides an overview and analysis of Cuba's past reform cycles, mainly through a theoretical lens developed by Carmelo Mesa-Lago, which characterizes Cuban reform cycles as either "pragmatist" (towards the market) or "idealist" (away from the market). Also contained in this thesis is an analysis of Cuba's monetary duality; Cuba's potential for further inserting into the Cuban economy; a history of US-Cuban relations, with particular emphasis on the United States embargo against the island. This thesis concludes that the Cuban economy has entered a permanent pragmatist period, characterized by a shift towards marketization and privatization on the island. Regarding US-Cuba relations, this thesis provides an explication of recent moves by the Obama administration, but stresses that the Embargo has not ended, as only Congress has the authority to fully abrogate the Embargo.
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dc.identifierBirch_colostate_0053N_12919.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/166955
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjecteconomic reform
dc.subjectmonetary duality
dc.subjectCuba
dc.subjectpolicy
dc.subjectembargo
dc.titleWithout pause but without haste: economic and political change in Cuba
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thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Science
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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