Approach to the socioclassist structure of Cuban society in the construction of socialism (Review)

Abstract

At present, Cuban society is facing a complex political, economic and social scenario of maximum pressure and tightening of the blockade. To the effects coming from the imperialist hegemony of the U.S. government and its ruling class, are added those associated with the crisis of international character, together with those derived from the updating of the Economic and Social Model of Socialist Development, which includes those distortions resulting from errors in its application. The study is based on an assessment of the processes of homogeneity and heterogeneity within society, as well as of social groups, which reaches new dimensions in its complexity and goes beyond the boundaries of the theoretical debate, since it contains in itself significant political importance. For all the above, the objective is to reflect on the transformations in the socio-classist structure of Cuban society. Elements of property relations and their place in the system of socialist construction are specified, which constitute the basic foundations of the analysis. The research is based on the dialectical-materialistic approach, with methods of analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction. Documentary analysis and the author's personal experience are referents. The analysis reveals how the changes that have taken place, which have increased social heterogeneity, do not tend to decompose the system, but do require an advance in the way of exercising social responsibility.