This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which the government and the people of Cuba have actively resisted neo-liberal globalisation. The author challenges those on the Left who romantically support the Cuban Revolution as well as those who claim that the free market is the ideal economic model for all states. Instead, he presents an intelligent account of the serious and contradictory consequences of Cuba's social, political and economic restructuring. How is it that the Cuban Communist Party continues to exist? To what extent is Cuba affected by global trends and pressures? The author revisits the history of the Cuban Revolution, and the crisis after the fall of Cuba's superpower ally, the Soviet Union, to provide answers to these questions.

Preface
1. Introduction: Neo-liberal Globalisation, Socialism and Anti-Imperialist State Resistance
2. Conceptualising Cuban Socialism: The Pillars of the Revolution
3. The Causes and Consequences of Cuba's Crisis in the 1990's
4. Structural Adjustments and Social Forces in Cuba: How Cuba's Economic Model Was Shaped by Global Trends
5. Conclusions and Considerations
Bibliography
Index