Precarious Politics
Experiments in Market-Socialism and the Prospects for Cuban Women’s Unfinished Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6307399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph De La Torre Dwyer (0000-0002-2717-9077, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-237 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-3148 • E-ISSN: 1469-9931 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07393148.2011.570081 |
| OpenAlex | W2087105573 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
For more than 150 years, feminists have debated the comparative merits of capitalism and socialism for women’s emancipation. This article explores the transition in Cuba as President Raid Castro experiments with market liberalization to shed light on that debate. Toward that end, it considers the many gender equity policies developed in Cuba since 1959 as well as the factors that contribute to women’s unfinished “revolution within the revolution.” The article then turns to assessing the gendered economic and political effects of market liberalization in Cuba, 1990–2004, and socialist Nicaragua, 1985–1990, and argues that further market liberalization in socialist Cuba will threaten gender equity by its effects on an array of social domains, including healthcare, education, transportation, consumption, and others
Capitalism · Development economics · Economics · Emancipation · Equity (law · Liberalization · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Cuban History and Society · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |