Author: James Petras

This book concerns recent and current political developments in Latin America related to the emergence of left-leaning regimes riding the waves of ...

We live in a time of dynamic, but generally regressive regime change-a period in which major political transformations and a rollback of a half-cen...

We live in a time of dynamic, but generally regressive regime change-a period in which major political transformations and a rollback of a half-cen...

This book explores the dynamics of the recent ‘progressive cycle’ in Latin American politics, associated with a red and pink tide of regime change....

The critical issues concerning the development of a substantial and enduring democracy in Chile are those of strengthening civil society, democrati...

From Menem's new Thatcherite experiment in Argentina, through Fujimori's unexpected victory in Peru, to Collor's near defeat at the hands of the ra...

James Petras shows that the current stage of capital globalization and the weakening of the ability of established popular groups to defend themsel...

Empire or Republic? makes the necessary, but much overlooked, link between our nation's international policies and the domestic situation. The auth...

Empire or Republic? makes the necessary, but much overlooked, link between our nation's international policies and the domestic situation. The auth...

Offering a systematic, critical analysis of the presidency of Fernando Cardoso, this ambitious case study assesses government policies within the f...

The Class Struggle in Latin America: Making History Today analyses the political and economic dynamics of development in Latin America through the ...

The Class Struggle in Latin America: Making History Today analyses the political and economic dynamics of development in Latin America through the ...

The world is at the crossroads of social change, in the vortex of forces that are bringing about a different world, a post-neoliberal state. This g...

The Left Strikes Back addresses the neglected topic of popular resistance to capital globalization and neoliberal polices, and considers the future...

This book offers a broad and deep examination of the dynamics of US imperialism. Petras analyzes imperialism not only as economic domination, showi...

A critique of current conceptions of international political economy, the role of the state and contemporary social movements, The New Development ...

The 2003 electoral victory of Lucio Gutiérrez in Ecuador was met with the same sense of optimism that greeted the election of Ignacio 'Lula' da Sil...

This book explores the dynamics of the recent ‘progressive cycle’ in Latin American politics, associated with a red and pink tide of regime change....

This book helps readers to understand the relationship between democracy and poverty in Chile. It suggests that a comprehensive understanding of Ch...

This book offers a broad and deep examination of the dynamics of US imperialism. Petras analyzes imperialism not only as economic domination, showi...

In a primary commodities boom spurred on by the rise of China, countries the world over are turning to the extraction of natural resources and the ...