Che as minister
The promotion of science and technology for Cuba’s socialist development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12716148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Yaffe (0000-0001-9241-4160, Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1490-1507 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Globalizations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14747731.2022.2111078 |
| OpenAlex | W4293025026 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
As Minister of Industries in Cuba between 1961 and 1965, Che Guevara addressed the challenge of increasing production and labour productivity in conditions of underdevelopment and in transition to socialism, without relying on capitalist mechanisms that undermine the formation of new consciousness and social relations integral to socialism. Under capitalism, Guevara noted, competition for private profit drives the application of science and technology to industrial development, revolutionising the productive forces. Socialist governments must find alternative methods. To these ends, Guevara set up nine research and development institutes, focussing on sugar cane derivatives, minerals and metals, the chemical industries, agricultural by-products, the mechanical industry, technological innovations, and automation. He established an institutional framework to begin experimentation at different ends of the production chain simultaneously. The short-term results were inevitably limited, but more significant than the productive achievements attained was the methodology introduced, the application of science and technology to production
Capitalism · Competition (biology · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Production (economics · Productive forces · Productivity · Profit (economics · Socialism · Underdevelopment · Cuban History and Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |