Drawing on the work of contributors from a variety provinces, institutions, and disciplines, Social and Solidarity Economy in Cuba examines the role of Social and Solidarity Economics (SSE) amidst national change in Cuba. The contributors examine a variety of topics, including public-private relations, production chains, gender roles, vulnerable groups, social participation, social balance, and the training of stakeholders. Depicting both challenges and opportunities, this book makes a strong and sustained case for solidary and socially responsible practices in Cuba.
Rafael J. Betancourt is associate professor in the Center for Demographic Studies at the University of Havana. Jusmary Gomez Arencibia is associate professor of sociology at the University of Havana.
Chapter 1 Socialism Is the Solution, Not the Problem. A Solidary and Socially Responsible Formula for a Prosperous Economy, by Enrique Gomez Cabezas Chapter 2 Now More than Ever, a Social and Solidary Economy Is Necessary to Build Socialism in Cuba, by Rafael J. Betancourt Chapter 3 The Social and Solidarity Economy: Integrating Bases, Experiences and Possible Projections for Socialist Development in Cuba, by Ovidio D'Angelo Hernandez Chapter 4 The Foundations of Popular and Solidarity Economics as Fulfillment of the Social Property of All People in the Socialist Transition, by Luis del Castillo Sanchez Chapter 5 Participatory Budgeting: A Management Tool for Local Development in Cuba, Seen from the Experiences of the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana, by Orestes J. Diaz Legon and Maidolys Iglesias Perez Chapter 6 The Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups as Subjects of Development: Proposals from the Viewpoint of the Solidarity Economy, by Geydis Fundora Nevot and Reynaldo Miguel Jimenez Guethon Chapter 7 Population, Value Chains, and Social and Solidarity Economy: Epistemological Alignments, by Dianne Grinan Bergara Chapter 8 Do Public-Private Partnerships Have Room in the Present Cuban Context? Notes from a Practical Experience, by Mirlena Rojas Piedrahita Chapter 9 Business Social Responsibility of the State Enterprise: The Experience of the Center of Molecular Immunology, by Jusmary Gomez Arencibia and Mirlena Rojas Piedrahita Chapter 10 Cooperatives in the Restarted Reforms: Some Proposals for a Law of Cooperatives, by Camila Pineiro Harnecker Chapter 11 The Cooperative as an Energizing Agent of the Social and Solidarity Economy Model in Cuba, by Yamira Mirabal Gonzalez and Iriadna Marin de Leon Chapter 12 Participation in the Strategies and Social Management of Non-agricultural Cooperatives in Centro Habana Municipality, by Francisco Damian Morillas Valdes Chapter 13 Committing to Cooperative Solidarity Labor: The Taxi Rutero 2 experience, by Mirell Perez Gonzalez Chapter 14 Cooperative Social Balance: A Useful Tool to Establish a Social and Solidarity Economy, by Oscar Llanes Guerra, Mercedes Zenea Montejo, Annia Martinez Massip, and Lienny Garcia Pedraza Chapter 15 Gender Perspective Viewed from the Model of Social Balance in Agricultural Cooperatives in Villa Clara, by Annia Martinez Massip, Lienny Garcia Pedraza, Oscar Llanes Guerra, Mercedes Zenea Montejo, Lazaro Julio Leiva Hoyo, Anelys Perez Rodriguez, Elianys de la Caridad Zorio Gonzalez Chapter 16 Business Social Responsibility in Local Development: A Look at the Training of Local Actors in the Province of Mayabeque, by Orquidea Hailyn Abreu Gonzalez, Yuneidys Gonzalez Espinosa, Joanna Gasmury Roldan Chapter 17 "Go for it: You can do it!": The Solidarity Experience of Female Entrepreneurs, by Jusmary Gomez Arencibia Chapter 18 Business Social Responsibility Does Not Go Unnoticed in Cuban Private Enterprises, by William Bello Sanchez Chapter 19 Institutional Social Responsibility and Subjectivity, by Consuelo Martin Fernandez and Jany Barcenas Alfonso
