Negotiating domestic socialism with global capitalism: So-called tourist apartheid in Cuba

Autor:	Julie Mazzei
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Capitalist economy Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject Dual economy Development Capitalism Negotiation Economy Political economy Liberian dollar Economics Revenue Tourism media_common
Zdroj:	Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 45:91-103
ISSN:	1873-6920 0967-067X
DOI:	10.1016/j.postcomstud.2012.02.003
Popis:	In the 1990s the Cuban government instituted a “dual economy,” creating a dollar economy parallel to the peso economy as part of the reform package designed to address economic crisis. Expansion of the tourism sector as a dollar industry was central to efforts to raise revenue, as Cuba began limited and regulated interaction with the global capitalist economy. In an effort to quarantine Cubans from capitalist inequities, citizens were prohibited from accessing tourist facilities other than as workers. Some have referred to this as “tourist apartheid.” This study finds that “apartheid” is not an accurate classification of the system in Cuba; rather, the policy is comparable to an economic “firewall” designed to allow regulated engagement with the international capitalist community, while preventing ingress of capitalism domestically.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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