Cooperatives and Socialism: A View from Cuba

Introduction: C.Piñeiro PART I: WHAT IS A COOPERATIVE? An Introduction to Cooperatives; J.Cruz & C.Piñeiro The Construction of Alternatives Beyond Capital; J.Gambina & G.Roffinelli PART II: COOPERATIVES AND SOCIALIST THINKERS Cooperativism and Self-Management in Marx, Engels and Lenin; H.Miranda Socialist Cooperativism and Human Emancipation; I.Vicente Che Guevara: Cooperatives and the Political Economy of the Transition to Socialism; H.Yaffe Foundations of Self-Managed Socialism: the Contribution of Istvan Meszaros; H.Novaes PART III: COOPERATIVES IN OTHER COUNTRIES Mondragón: the Dilemmas of a Mature Cooperativism; L.Altuna , A.Loyola & E.Pagalday Solidarity Economy in Brazil: the Relevance of Cooperatives for the Historic Emancipation of Workers; L.Inácio & E.Dos Anjos Forty Years of Self-Management in Argentina: Problems and Potential of Self-managed Labor in the Context of the Neo-liberal Post-crisis; A.Ruggeri From Cooperatives to Enterprises of Direct Social Property in the Venezuelan Process; D.Azzellini PART IV: COOPERATIVES AND CUBA'S PATH TO SOCIALISM Agricultural Cooperatives in Cuba: 1959-Present; A.Nova The UBPC: a Way of Redesigning State Property with Cooperative Management; E.Rodríguez & A.López Notes on the Legal Framework of the Cuban Cooperative Environment; A.Fernández