Change is in the air in Cuba and its prospect permeates discussions of its politics and society. For a long time, the study of Cuban politics has been dominated by the notion that its subject is exceptional and immobile. To some degree this reflected the ideographic tendency of historical research, as well as the long […]
Much Ado About Something? Regime Change in Cuba
The incumbent Cuban regime, a personalistic and charismatic dictatorship with an idiosyncratic mix of national-military, egalitarian, anti-American and anti-capitalist as well as residual Communist elements, is difficult to place among traditional regime categories. Although the regime has passed through several distinct phases in the past forty years, there has been one dialectical constant—the dominant presence […]