Corruption in Cuba : Castro and beyond

Sergio Díaz-Briquets and Jorge Pérez-López

While Fidel Castro maintains his longtime grip on Cuba, revolutionary scholars and policy analysts have turned their attention from how Castro succeeded (and failed), to how Castro himself will be succeeded - by a new government. Among the many questions to be answered is how the new government will deal with the corruption that has become endemic in Cuba. Even though combating corruption cannot be the central aim of post-Castro policy, Sergio Diaz-Briquets and Jorge Perez-Lopez 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, Diaz-Briquets and Perez-Lopez, 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.

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[目次]

  • 1. Corruption and Transitions
  • 2. The Nature of Corruption and Its Consequences
  • 3. Roots of Corruption in Cuba
  • 4. Determinants of Corruption in Socialist Cuba
  • 5. Corruption in Socialist Cuba
  • 6. The Early Transition and Corruption
  • 7. Averting Corruption in the Long Term

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書名 Corruption in Cuba : Castro and beyond
著作者等 Diaz-Briquets, Sergio
Pérez-López, Jorge F.
Perez-Lopez Jorge F.
出版元 University of Texas Press
刊行年月 2006
版表示 1st ed
ページ数 xiii, 286 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 9780292714823
9780292713215
NCID BA81421905
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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