doctoralThesis
Cuba em transição: economia e sociedade após uma década de reformas
Fecha
2021-12-23Registro en:
NUNES, Leon Karlos Ferreira. Cuba em transição: economia e sociedade após uma década de reformas. 2021. 214f. Tese (Doutorado em Ciências Sociais) - Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2021.
Autor
Nunes, Leon Karlos Ferreira
Resumen
After the ascension of Raúl Castro in 2008 and the VI Congress of the Communist Party of
Cuba (PCC) in 2011, Cuba has been undergoing a gradual process of economic reforms,
generally presented as an update of the development model, generating profound effects in the
country's socioeconomic structure, with the rise of new social groups, and, along with them,
new subjectivities. Given this situation, a problem arises: how is Cuban society constituted
today? The present project arises with the purpose of discussing this issue, especially in a
scenario that already adds up to a decade of reforms. As specific objectives, we seek to
elaborate a conceptual panorama that allows us to understand the dynamics of Cuban reality
(that is, this reality as a historical process) based on classical and contemporary references of
historical materialism; identify the material basis of Cuban socialism, based on the country's
economic and administrative framework; understand the role of the State in running the country
today and in guaranteeing social rights and subsidies; and, finally, to point out the social groups
present in the country today, contemplating their hegemonic disputes and emerging
subjectivities. Our central hypothesis resides in the premise that emerging social groups are not
incompatible with the current model, but as they assume increasing roles in economic life, the
pressure for an increasingly intense opening to the market must grow. This study involved
bibliographic and documentary research, primary data analysis and semi-structured interviews.
Specialized periodicals in the field of social sciences in Cuba were very important, as well as
statistical yearbooks on Cuban economy and society. The study demonstrated that, despite the
great diversity of actors and perspectives present in Cuban society today and the social
inequalities generated by the economic blockade and opening, there are no incompatibilities
between the existence of certain social groups and the model of socialism combined with a
market that today it is in effect on the island.