INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CUBAN STUDIES
Journal of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba
Volume 15 Number 2 Winter 2023
Sponsored by the University of Buckingham
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ISSN 1756-3461 (Print)
ISSN 1756-347X (Online)
© INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CUBA
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CUBAN STUDIES
Journal of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba
Editors & Editorial Board
Founding Editor: Professor Patrick Pietroni, International Institute for the Study of Cuba, United Kingdom
Editors:
Dr Stephen Wilkinson, University of Buckingham, United Kingdom
Dr Al Campbell, University of Utah, USA
Assistant Editor:
Marcel Kunzmann
Editorial Board:
Dr. Mark Ginsburg, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Dr. Rafael Hernández, Editor of Temas, Cuba
Dr John M. Kirk, Dalhousie University, Canada
Dr Eloise Linger, State University of New York, Old Westbury, USA
Professor Luís Montero, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Habana, Cuba
Dr Ricardo Torres, Universidad de Habana, Cuba
Dr Sonia Trigueros, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Dr Julia Wright, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor Raúl Fernández, University of California, Irvine
Aims and Scope
IJCS aims to provide a forum for objective investigation and informed debate, and a publication opportunity for scholarly work, on the nature of the Cuban experience: its historical context; its international image and relationships; its scientific, cultural and social achievements; its future orientation; and similar topics. It encourages submissions from the whole range of disciplines and from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The journal takes a broad view of the emerging and diverging positions held within Cuba and outside. Published worldwide, the journal encourages the exchange of experience and expertise between contributors and readers across continents and between countries.
Instructions for Contributors
Guildelines on style and submissions are avaliable at https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/4a86a894-91a1-439c-bb98-b2e3053e07cf.
CONTENTS
Editorial
This Issue 5
Stephen Wilkinson
Special Report
Journey into the Unknown: Cuba’s Economy Between Crisis and New Beginning 9
Marcel Kunzmann
Academic Articles
Understanding the Core Policy Drivers of Canada–Cuba Relations: Plus ça Change … 31
Peter McKenna
Understanding the Helms-Burton Act 58
Ariadna Cornelio Hitchman, Seida Barrera Rodríguez, and Ernesto Dominguez Lopez
American Tourists in Cuba: Implications of Cross-Cultural Encounters 82
Lana Wylie
Contribution of Cuban Residents Abroad to the Cuban Economy: Tourism and Remittances 104
Rafael J. Betancourt
Cuban Coffee Production: An Analysis from 1950 to 2017 123
Rosalina Montes, Leosveli Vasallo, Lourdes M. Martínez, Antonio Escarré, and Andreu Bonet
Book Reviews
Elizabeth Dore. How Things Fall Apart: What Happened to the Cuban Revolution 136
Reviewed by Jorge I. Domínguez
T. K. Hernández (ed.). The Cuba Interviews. Conversations on Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development 140
Reviewed by Al Campbell
Rajagopalan Sudha. Journeys of Soviet Things: Cold War as Lived Experience in Cuba and India 143
Reviewed by Mallory Cerkleski
Rafael J. Betancourt and Jusmary Gómez Arencibia (eds.). Social and Solidarity Economy in Cuba. Foundations and Practices for Socialist Development 146
Reviewed by Al Campbell
Submission Guidelines 150