Past and present of Land Reform in Cuba (1959-2018): from Peasant Collectivisation to Repeasantisation and beyond

Cuba seems to be a paradigmatic case where the peasantry is not an anachronism. Cuban peasants had a significant role in the past as they did return to the political agenda after the Revolution with particular emphasis under Raul Castro’s administration. However, the Cuban case has not been signific...

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Autores: Elisa Botella-Rodríguez, González Esteban, Ángel Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/25044
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25044
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53 Ciencias Económicas
Cuba
land reform
agrarian question
peasant movement
state
re- peasantisation and food sovereignty
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Sumario:Cuba seems to be a paradigmatic case where the peasantry is not an anachronism. Cuban peasants had a significant role in the past as they did return to the political agenda after the Revolution with particular emphasis under Raul Castro’s administration. However, the Cuban case has not been significantly explored from a long-term perspective that connects the old debates and dimensions of land reforms under developmentalist States to the new agrarian questions in the global era. Based on secondary sources, semi-structured interviews and updated data on land structures this article explores the long-term process of land reform in Cuba.