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Neoliberalism, the Special Period and Solidarity in Cuba

National University of Ireland, Galway, Kathy.Powell{at}nuigalway.ie

While the Cuban state's resistance to neoliberalism and to US dominance in particular has been vigorous, it is nonetheless subject to the constraints of neoliberal hegemony, and has entailed a degree of accommodation: the partial introduction of a market economy within a socialist political framework has given rise to some strong contradictions, most notably a sharp increase in inequality. This article considers to what extent the contradictions arising from these reforms have effects within everyday practices of struggle which threaten to problematize dispositions to solidarity — dispositions which are central to continued resistance, and an important social and political resource in confronting and shaping the future.

Key Words: accommodation • inequality • instrumentality • neoliberalism • resistance • solidarity

Critique of Anthropology, Vol. 28, No. 2, 177-197 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X08090545


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