List of Illustrations IX
Notes on Contributors X
Introduction: Updating the Cuban Model 1
1
Building Alternatives Beyond Capital 16
Julio C. Gambina and Gabriela Roffinelli
2
The Social and Solidarity Economy in Latin America 29
Henry Veltmeyer
3
New Co-operativism in Latin America: Implications for Cuba 51
Marcelo Vieta
4
The New Guidelines: Economic Changes and Its Political and Social Impact 82
Olga Fernández Ríos
5
Co-operatives in Socialist Construction 100
Cliff DuRand
6
Co-operativism in Cuba Prior to 2012 110
Grizel Donéstevez Sánchez
7
Agricultural Production Co-operatives in Cuba: Toward Sustainability 128
Frederick S. Royce
8
Cuba’s Co-operative Sector and the Project of Deep Reforms 160
Al Campbell
9
Co-operatives in Cuba’s New Socio-economic Model: What Has Been Done and What Could Be Done? 179
Camila Piñeiro Harnecker
10
The Role of Co-operatives in Transforming Cuba’s Economy 197
Sonja Novković
11
Supporting Co-operative Development in Cuba: Getting the Local Institutions Right 219
Milford Bateman, Dayrelis Ojeda Suris and Dean Sinković
Conclusion 244
Index 255