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Cuba After Castro
Legacies, Challenges, and Impediments
Cuba is nearing the end of the Castro era. When that end arrives, the government that succeeds Fidel Castro, as well as the Cuban people themselves, will need answers to the following questions: How is Castro's more than four-decade rule likely to affect a post-Castro Cuba? What are the political, social, and economic challenges that Cuba will have to confront? What are the impediments that will need to be surmounted if Cuba is to develop economically and embark on a democratic transition? To answer those questions, the authors examine Castro's political legacies, Cuba's generational and racial divisions, its demographic predicament, the legacy of a centralized economy, and the need for industrial restructuring. They conclude by offering policy guidelines for the United States to foster a stable and prosperous post-Castro Cuba.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Part I:
Political Legacies, Social Challenges
Chapter Two:
Castro’s Political Legacies: Caudilloism and Totalitarianism
Chapter Three:
Cuba’s Disaffected Youth
Chapter Four:
Cuba’s Racial Divide
Part II:
The Structural Challenges Ahead
Chapter Five:
Cuba’s Changing Demographic Structure
Chapter Six:
The Institutional Legacy of a Centralized Economy
Chapter Seven:
The Need for Industrial Restructuring
Chapter Eight:
Conclusion
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