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Book SynopsisDrawing 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.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Socialism Is the Solution, Not the Problem. A Solidary and Socially Responsible Formula for a Prosperous Economy, by Enrique Gómez 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 Hernández
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 Sánchez
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. Díaz Legón and Maidolys Iglesias Pérez
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 Jiménez Guethón
Chapter 7 Population, Value Chains, and Social and Solidarity Economy: Epistemological Alignments, by Dianné Griñan 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 Gómez Arencibia and Mirlena Rojas Piedrahita
Chapter 10 Cooperatives in the Restarted Reforms: Some Proposals for a Law of Cooperatives, by Camila Piñeiro Harnecker
Chapter 11 The Cooperative as an Energizing Agent of the Social and Solidarity Economy Model in Cuba, by Yamira Mirabal González and Iriadna Marín de León
Chapter 12 Participation in the Strategies and Social Management of Non-agricultural Cooperatives in Centro Habana Municipality, by Francisco Damián Morillas Valdés
Chapter 13 Committing to Cooperative Solidarity Labor: The Taxi Rutero 2 experience, by Mirell Pérez González
Chapter 14 Cooperative Social Balance: A Useful Tool to Establish a Social and Solidarity Economy, by Oscar Llanes Guerra, Mercedes Zenea Montejo, Annia Martínez Massip, and Lienny García Pedraza
Chapter 15 Gender Perspective Viewed from the Model of Social Balance in Agricultural Cooperatives in Villa Clara, by Annia Martínez Massip, Lienny García Pedraza, Oscar Llanes Guerra, Mercedes Zenea Montejo, Lázaro Julio Leiva Hoyo, Anelys Pérez Rodríguez, Elianys de la Caridad Zorio González
Chapter 16 Business Social Responsibility in Local Development: A Look at the Training of Local Actors in the Province of Mayabeque, by Orquídea Hailyn Abreu González, Yuneidys González Espinosa, Joanna Gasmury Roldán
Chapter 17 “Go for it: You can do it!”: The Solidarity Experience of Female Entrepreneurs, by Jusmary Gómez Arencibia
Chapter 18 Business Social Responsibility Does Not Go Unnoticed in Cuban Private Enterprises, by William Bello Sánchez
Chapter 19 Institutional Social Responsibility and Subjectivity, by Consuelo Martin Fernández and Jany Bárcenas Alfonso
