A Polanyian Framework for Analyzing a Diverse Black-Market Economy in Cuba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3515577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Federica Bono (0000-0002-7314-3091, Department of Human Geography, Planning, and International Development Studies University of Amsterdam Amsterdam the Netherlands, corresponding author), John C Finn (0000-0002-1445-2820, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Christopher Newport University Newport News Virginia USA) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/joac.70044 |
| OpenAlex | W4414291824 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 67 |
Inspired by Carmen Diana Deere's work, we examine how planned economies, markets and communal economies interrelate to co-produce Cuba's agricultural economy. We show the variety of noncapitalist practices interrelated with and embedded in the black market and how these interactions produce diverse ethics. We build on a geographic interpretation of Karl Polanyi's substantive understanding of the economy and on geographic literature on the informal economy to offer a framework for analysing diversity within a black-market economy. Based on a case study of five agricultural cooperatives in a small rural village, we illustrate how, in Cuba, so-called 'capitalist' practices and profitmaking are interrelated with solidary, communal and political ethics. We conclude that understanding the heterogeneity in already existing economic relations is important for envisioning innovative economic models
Agriculture · Diversity (politics · Interpretation (philosophy · Planned economy · Politics · Variety (cybernetics · Cuban History and Society · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Political Economy and Marxism
Social Policies and Institutional Reform in Post-Covid Cuba
Social Capital and Community Effects on Population and Individual Health
Resource-Constrained versus Demand-Constrained Systems
The other path
Karl Polanyi and the Theory of a Socialist Mixed Economy
Food in Cuba
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
Economic Action and Social Structure
Conversion of specialised dairy farming systems into sustainable mixed farming systems in Cuba
The New Agrarian Reforms
On the waterfront
A Taste of Capitalism? Competing Notions of Cuban Entrepreneurship in Havana's Paladares
Cuban and Danish Agriculture, The Rochdale Principles, and the Renovation of Socialism
Regulationist and Autopoieticist Reflections on Polanyi's Account of Market Economies and the Market Society
Cuba's national food program and its prospects for food security
Markets, markets everywhere? Understanding the Cuban anomaly
Remittances and Their Unintended Consequences in Cuba
The consumer second economy
Self-employment in Cuba
The Myopia of "Diverse Economies", or a Critique of the "Informal Economy
The Geography of Survival
Unexpected Cuba
International tourism in Cuba
A Critical Evaluation of Romantic Depictions of the Informal Economy
Does Diversity Erode Social Cohesion? Social Capital and Race in British Neighbourhoods
Geographies of responsibility
Geography and development
Beyond household economies
Economic geography
Disembedding Polanyi
Theorizing Sociospatial Relations
Great Transformation
Informal Spaces
Reforming Cuban Agriculture
Social Relations and the Cuban Health Miracle
From Planning to Market
Cuba's Perilous Political Transition to the Post-Castro Era
Cuba's Quest for Economic Independence
Prospects for an Environmental Economic Geography
Illegal or unethical? Situated ethics in the context of a dual economy
From mechanical to organic solidarity, and back
Qualitative Data Analysis After Coding
Spatializing Solidarity
Rethinking the Economy with Thick Description and Weak Theory
Building Solidarity through Generalized Exchange
The view from below
TheCampesino-to-Campesinoagroecology movement of Anap in Cuba
Putting flesh to the bone
The elusive market
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |