Document Type
Thesis
Major/Program
International Relations
First Advisor's Name
Felix Martin
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committe Chair
Second Advisor's Name
Astrid Arraras
Third Advisor's Name
John Clark
Date of Defense
11-9-2010
Abstract
The present study focuses on the factors that can increase or decrease military-economic involvement in communist regimes. This anomalous form of military behavior, labeled as the Military Business Complex (MBC), emerged in various communist regimes in the 1980s. However, in the early 2000s, the communist governments of China and Vietnam began to decrease the number of industries managed by their military institutions, while these industries increased in Cuba. This current study asks why the Cuban MBC regime increased in the early 2000s, while the Chinese and Vietnamese ceased or reduced their MBC involvement. Through a comparative analysis of all three military institutions, this study argues that certain evolving elements within the communist-party-military spectrum in Cuba caused it to expand its military managed-economy. By highlighting the different patterns of MBC evolution in communist regimes, this study sheds light on the general phenomenon of how military institutions exert political and economic influence.
Identifier
FI10120602
Recommended Citation
Aranda, Michael J., "The Economic-Dynamics of the Military in Communist Regimes: A Comparison of Cuba, China and Vietnam" (2010). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 296.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/296
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