The resurgence of civil society was credited with playing a critical role in the transitions of the socalled Third Wave of democracy (1974-1987). Social movements, human right organizations, churches, and other forms of organized “people power” mobilized repressed populations against authoritarian governments throughout the world and helped bring about regime change from Portugal to the […]
Markets Redux: The Politics of Farmers’ Markets in Cuba
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the decision to re-open Farmers’ Markets in Cuba in 1994 and to assess their significance in the context of the policy changes and reforms that began in the summer of 1993. To this end, the Mercados agropecuarios (MAs) will also be compared to the Mercados libres campesinos […]