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32 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1 (2016-2017)
Central Planning versus Markets Marxism: Their Differences and Consequences for the International Ordering of State, Law, Politics, and Economy

handle is hein.journals/conjil32 and id is 11 raw text is: CENTRAL PLANNING VERSUS MARKETS MARXISM: THEIR DIFFERENCES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ORDERING OF STATE, LAW, POLITICS, AND ECONOMY Larry Catd Backer* Abstract Two theories of Marxist state organization have been developing recently, each pointing in quite distinct ways to the organization of society, the state, government and the role of the vanguard Party. The development ofan Asian Markets Marxism Model is well understood. The recent emergence of a Latin American Central Planning Marxism Model is less well understood. This paper examines the characteristics of this emerging Central Planning Marxism mode by looking at its development in Cuba since 2011. The examination centers on the official theory produced from the 6th through the 7th Congresses of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC). The 7th PCC Congress stands in stark contrast to its predecessor. A close examination of the development from the 6'h to the 71 Congress may suggest the limits of reform in Cuba. These limits are structural as well as ideological. After a short introduction, Part I considers the structural constraints on reform as evidenced in the 7'h Congress. process aspects of the 71h PCC Congress. Part III then considers the ideological constraints on reform that were produced in the 7th Congress and its substantive consequences of what now appears to be a sputtering of the reform trajectory from the 6th to the 7h PCC Congress. That exploration revolves around a close reading of the major ideological product of the 7th Congress, its Conceptualizacion which is intended to complement the Guidelines (Lineamientos) of the 6th PCC Congress, and provide the theoretical foundation for its further implementation of the reforms these Guidelines represented. Part IV then contrasts this emerging Model with the Asian Markets Marxism Model. The consequences for political economy, legitimacy and law are also discussed. Diferences between the Asian Markets Marxism and the Cuban Central Planning Marxist Models may have profound implications for rule of law development and the structures of regulatory governance in administrative structures. Those differences suggest the dfficulty of developing consensus for key concepts in law-from rule of law, to human rights and markets. An understanding of these quite distinct conceptual frameworks ofunderstanding law, economics and politics will be essential as the leaders of these quite conceptually distinct systems seek to interact. Dos teorias de la organizaci6n marxista del estado se desarrollan en los ziltimos ailos, cada una apuntando enformas muy distintas a la organizaci6n de la sociedad, el estado, el gobiernoy elpapel delpartido de vanguardia. El desarrollo de un modelo asidtico marxismo * W. Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar, Professor of Law and International Affairs Pennsylvania State University, 239 Lewis Katz Building, University Park, PA 16802, 1 (814) 863-3640 (direct), lcb11@psu.edu. 1

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