Cocq, KarenMcDonald, David A.2011-11-032011-11-0320100066-4812http://hdl.handle.net/10625/47434It is not entirely obvious whether the Cuban state required a private partner to manage the water supply in Havana—particularly one so closely tied to a major hotel operator in the tourism sector in the country. Nor is it clear that this joint venture was an attempt to maintain socialism under a new managerial rubric. Largely associated with the neoliberalization of the world economy, it comes as a surprise to many that the socialist government of Cuba signed a 25-year contract with a Spanish multinational in 2000 to manage the supply of water in Havana.Text1 digital file (p. 6-45)enWATERPRIVATIZATIONCUBASOCIALISMCOMMODIFICATIONPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSWATER POLICYJournal Article (peer-reviewed)