Revolution and Economic Development in Cuba

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Agricultural Setting of the Cuban Revolution....Pages 3-8
Imperialism, Class Power and Cuban Underdevelopment....Pages 9-16
Concentrated Land Holdings and Agricultural Stagnation....Pages 17-21
The Struggle for Political Power....Pages 22-30
Prelude to Socialist Development: Successes and Setbacks....Pages 31-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
The Initiation of Agrarian Reform....Pages 39-47
Establishing a Public Sector in Agriculture....Pages 48-55
Transformation of the Private Sector....Pages 56-61
Agrarian Reform and Problems of Planning....Pages 62-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
The Second Agrarian Reform....Pages 69-73
Social Foundations for Agricultural Development: the Literacy Campaign and other Reforms....Pages 74-81
The Distribution of Income in Cuba....Pages 82-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
The Formation of an Agriculture-Based Development Strategy....Pages 95-102
Labour Supply and Incentives in the Plan for the 1960s....Pages 103-109
The Big Push of the 1960s....Pages 110-116
The Frustration of Cuban Development in the 1960s....Pages 117-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Organisation, Socialist Development and Class Power....Pages 123-131
Investment and Organisation in the 1960s....Pages 132-135
Weaknesses in the Design of Development Strategy....Pages 136-143
Labour Motivation and Organisation....Pages 144-148
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Political Foundations of Economic Problems in the 1960s....Pages 149-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Progress and New Policies in the 1970s....Pages 157-162
The Development and Extension of Organisation: Education and Special Programmes....Pages 163-172
Reorganising the Political Process....Pages 173-179
Restructuring Labour Motivation and Planning....Pages 180-186
Rebalancing the Cuban Economy....Pages 187-199
Directions of Development in the Late 1970s....Pages 200-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Lessons of Agriculture and Development in Cuba....Pages 213-228
Back Matter....Pages 229-265