Cuba ：Religion, Social Capital, and Development

Publication subTitle ：Religion, Social Capital, and Development

Author： Adrian H. Hearn  

Publisher： Duke University Press‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9780822389484

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822341963

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780822341802

Subject： K7 Americas History

Keyword： Religion and civil society -- Cuba., Civil society -- Cuba., Social capital (Sociology) -- Cuba.

Language： ENG

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When Cuba’s centralized system for providing basic social services began to erode in the early 1990s, Christian and Afro-Cuban religious groups took on new social and political responsibilities. They began to work openly with state institutions on projects such as the promotion of Afro-Cuban heritage to encourage tourism, and community welfare initiatives to confront drug use, prostitution, and housing decay. In this rich ethnography, the anthropologist Adrian H. Hearn provides a detailed, on-the-ground analysis of how the Cuban state and local religious groups collaborate on community development projects and work with the many foreign development agencies operating in Cuba. Hearn argues that the growing number of collaborations between state and non-state actors has begun to consolidate the foundations of a civil society in Cuba.

While conducting research, Hearn lived for one year each in two Santería temple-houses: one located in Old Havana and the other in Santiago de Cuba. During those stays he conducted numerous interviews: with the historian of Havana and the conservationist of Santiago de Cuba (officials roughly equivalent to mayors in the United States), acclaimed writers, influential leaders of Afro-Cuban religions, and many citizens involved in community development initiatives. Hearn draws on those interviews, his participant observation in the temple-houses, case studies, and archival research to convey the daily life experiences and motiv

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Structure and Spirit

Chapter 1, Spirits in Motion: Folklore and Function

Chapter 2, State Decentralization and the Collaborative Spirit

Chapter 3, Sustainable Sovereignty: International NGOS and Civil Society in Cuba

Chapter 4, Patriotic Spirits: Religious Welfare Programs and the Politics of Syncretism

Conclusion: Development and Dialogue

Notes

References

Index

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