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Cuban Exceptionalism Revisited
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BERT HOFFMANN
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
LAURENCE WHITEHEAD
University of Oxford - Nuffield College
September 2006
GIGA Working Paper No. 28
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Abstract:
The end of Cuban exceptionalism has been much announced since 1989, but a decade and a half later state socialism on the island is still enduring. Transition studies have been criticized for focusing on success stories. Exploring the deviant case of Cuba's “non-transition” from a comparative social science perspective can shed light on the peculiarities of this case and, more importantly, test the general assumptions underlying post-1989 expectations of regime change in Cuba. Theories of path dependence and cumulative causation are particularly helpful when attempting to link Cuban current political exceptionalism with a more long-term historic perspective. Moreover, they suggest that interpretations of Cuba as simply a “belated” case of “third wave” democratization may prove erroneous, even when the health of Fidel Castro finally falters.
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Keywords: Cuba, comparative politics, exceptionalism, socialism, transition
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Suggested Citation
Hoffmann, Bert and Whitehead, Laurence, "Cuban Exceptionalism Revisited"
(September 2006).
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=932909
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HOFFMANN
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
D-20354 Hamburg
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WHITEHEAD
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WHITEHEAD
University of Oxford - Nuffield College
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1NF
United Kingdom
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