Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle : The Enduring Verities and Contemporary Face of Capitalism. Essays in Honour of James Petras.
Title:
Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle : The Enduring Verities and Contemporary Face of Capitalism. Essays in Honour of James Petras.
Author:
Veltmeyer, Henry.
ISBN:
9789004186484
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (326 pages)
Series:
Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; v.21
Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Contents:
Contents -- The Making of a Revolutionary and Anti-imperialist -- Chapter One James Petras, Scholar and Revolutionary: An Appreciation -- Chapter Two James Petras and that 'Long Petal of Wine, Sea and Snow' -- Capitalism and Marxist Theory -- Chapter Three Trotsky and Latin American Development Theory -- Chapter Four Capitalism, Primitive Accumulation and Unfree Labour -- Chapter Five Farewell to Imperialism? A Critical Sociological Study of Empire -- Capitalism in the Era of Neoliberalism: A System in Crisis -- Chapter Six The Class Nature of Neoliberal Globalization in the Age of Imperialism -- Chapter Seven The Migration-Development Nexus: A Marxist Class Perspective -- Chapter Eight The Financialization of the Capitalist Class: Monopoly-Finance Capital and the New Contradictory Relations of Ruling Class Power -- Chapter Nine Food, Water and Fuel: The Crisis of Life under Capitalism -- Political Dynamics of US Imperialism -- Chapter Ten 'Not about to Lose Chile': Democratic Socialism Confronts the Imperial State -- Chapter Eleven The Rational Destruction of Yugoslavia -- Chapter Twelve James Petras on the Israeli Lobby, Occupied Palestine and US-Israeli Militarism -- List of Contributors -- James Petras-Selected Publications -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
This book of essays, written in honour of James Petras, address some of the most critical issues of our time: those of imperialism, crisis and class struggle. These issues allow the authors to identify both the 'the enduring verities and contemporary face of capitalism' and Petras' contributions.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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