Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
The research investigates the tourism industry in Cuba as a case study for dependency theory as articulated by Milton Santos’s Toward an Other Globalization. The research examines interactions between tourists and locals, and how Cubans navigate the contradictions of a socialist project embedded in a capitalist economy. Through an analytical macrosociological lens, the research contributes to wider considerations of dependency, economic sovereignty, and the uneven impacts of globalization. I argue that the case study of tourism in Cuba expands Santos’ theories to demonstrate how a country that refutes neoliberal ideology still finds itself trapped within the dynamic of dependency.
Recommended Citation
McCarroll, Abby, "Grounding Dependency within Case Study of Tourism in Cuba" (2026). Sociology Honors Projects. 87.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/soci_honors/87
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