Transnational Dynamics of Contention in Contemporary Cuba

Bibliographic Data

ID4018484
AuthorsMarie Laure Geoffray (0000-0003-1136-7994, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume47
Issue2
Pages223-249
Publication date2015-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x15000048
OpenAlexW2167123884
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited28

This article explores the example of Cuba in order to understand how a contentious politics has evolved since the 2000s and especially after the semi-liberalisation of internet access in 2008. My aim is to analyse how use of new technologies impact the fragmented arenas of contention that already existed in Cuba. My argument is that they have reinforced existing dynamics, while creating new channels of expression and linkage, between contentious spaces within Cuba and with specific segments of the Cuban diaspora. Those dynamics have in turn allowed for the emergence of a transnational Cuban public arena and a more intricate contentious space in Cuba itself

Argument (complex analysis) · Business · Contentious politics · Diaspora · Dynamics (music) · Liberalization · Order (exchange) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · The Internet · Cuban History and Society · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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