Fighting an Uphill Battle
Race, Politics, Power, and Institutionalization in Cuba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18989157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henley C Adams (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 168-182 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lar.2004.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2143186576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 9 |
Although there exists a significant body of literature documenting the under-representation of black Cubans in the island's most important governing institutions throughout the forty-four years of Fidel Castro's rule, these analyses have emphasized limited access to political power as the sole factor responsible for this state of affairs. However, this comprehensive analysis contends that with the aging of the Cuban Revolution, other factors such as low holdover and high replacement rates for blacks during periodic reshuffling of the political elite have become crucial, albeit unacknowledged, explanatory variables for the paucity of blacks among the country's leadership. An important determinant for this pattern is the existence of inter- and intra-institutional stratification among blacks, the reasons for which remain unknown. Nonetheless, the presence of this factor increases the vulnerability of nonwhites as decisions are made about which individuals should be retained or replaced in key government institutions
Ancient history · Battle · Development economics · Economics · Elite · Government (linguistics) · Institutionalisation · Legislature · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Race (biology) · Representation (politics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Vulnerability (computing) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · History · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
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| Citations per year | 0.41 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |