Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle

by Veltmeyer, Henry

• ISBN13: 9781608461462
• ISBN10: 1608461467
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-20
• Publisher: Haymarket Books

Summary

An intellectual and political tribute to James Petras

Author Biography

Henry Veltmeyer, Ph.D. (1976) is professor of international development studies at Saint Mary's University. He has published extensively on the political economy of international development and Latin America.

Table of Contents

The Making of a Revolutionary and Anti-Imperialist
James Petras, Scholar and Revolutionary: An Appreciation	p. 3
James Petras and that 'Long Petal of Wine, Sea and Snow'	p. 19
Capitalism and Marxist Theory
Trotsky and Latin American Development Theory	p. 41
Capitalism, Primitive Accumulation and Unfree Labour	p. 67
Farewell to Imperialism? A Critical Sociological Study of Empire	p. 133
Capitalism in the Era of Neoliberalism: A System in Crisis
The Class Nature of Neoliberal Globalization in the Age of Imperialism	p. 153
The Migration-Development Nexus: A Marxist Class Perspective	p. 171
The Financialization of the Capitalist Class: Monopoly-Finance Capital and the New Contradictory Relations of Ruling Class Power	p. 191
Food, Water and Fuel: The Crisis of Life under Capitalism	p. 203
Political Dynamics of Us Imperialism
'Not about to Lose Chile': Democratic Socialism Confronts the Imperial State	p. 221
The Rational Destruction of Yugoslavia	p. 255
James Petras on the Israeli Lobby, Occupied Palestine and US-Israeli Militarism	p. 273
List of Contributors	p. 285
James Petras-Selected Publications	p. 289
References	p. 293
Index	p. 311
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