1. Rethinking the Cuban Regime: Implications for Transition Paths and Comparative Cases
- Author:
- Aimel Rios Wong
- Publication Date:
- 10-2013
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Institution:
- School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
- Abstract:
- The purpose of this study is to determine the typology of the Cuban regime, examine the implications for possible transition scenarios and conduct a comparative analysis with similar cases that may provide insightful hints for a transition. To do so, it will examine the existing literature on regime types with an emphasis on that of non-democratic system, in addition to the different phases of the Cuban regime using Linz and Stepan's perspective of regime components as ideology, leadership, mobilization, and pluralism. This study will take a structural-functional approach that will enable to examine how the defining elements performed in the different phases. Analysis of the regime phases will include a discussion on the different interpretations scholars have developed to classify each regime period.
- Political Geography:
- Cuba