Corruption in Cuba : Castro and Beyond / Jorge F. Pérez-López, Sergio Díaz-Briquets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diaz-Briquets, Sergio, Author.

Pérez-López, Jorge F., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [2013]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

While Fidel Castro maintained his longtime grip on Cuba, revolutionary scholars and policy analysts turned their attention from how Castro succeeded (and failed), to how Castro himself would be succeeded—by a new government. Among the many questions to be answered was how the new government would deal with the corruption that has become endemic in Cuba. Even though combating corruption cannot be the central aim of post-Castro policy, Sergio Díaz-Briquets and Jorge Pérez-López suggest that, without a strong plan to thwart it, corruption will undermine the new economy, erode support for the new government, and encourage organized crime. In short, unless measures are taken to stem corruption, the new Cuba could be as messy as the old Cuba. Fidel Castro did not bring corruption to Cuba; he merely institutionalized it. Official corruption has crippled Cuba since the colonial period, but Castro's state-run monopolies, cronyism, and lack of accountability have made Cuba one of the world's most corrupt states. The former communist countries in Eastern Europe were also extremely corrupt, and analyses of their transitional periods suggest that those who have taken measures to control corruption have had more successful transitions, regardless of whether the leadership tilted toward socialism or democracy. To that end, Díaz-Briquets and Pérez-López, both Cuban Americans, do not advocate any particular system for Cuba's next government, but instead prescribe uniquely Cuban policies to minimize corruption whatever direction the country takes after Castro. As their work makes clear, averting corruption may be the most critical obstacle in creating a healthy new Cuba.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURE

PREFACE

One CORRUPTION AND TRANSITIONS

Two THE NATURE OF CORRUPTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Three ROOTS OF CORRUPTION IN CUBA

Four DETERMINANTS OF CORRUPTION IN SOCIALIST CUBA

Five CORRUPTION IN SOCIALIST CUBA

Six THE EARLY TRANSITION AND CORRUPTION

Seven AVERTING CORRUPTION IN THE LONG TERM

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Feb 2025)

ISBN:

9780292757561

0292757565