Books written by Henry Veltmeyer
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The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America
De Souza, Amoury (1997) 'The Social Agenda at Century's End', in Riordan Roett (ed.), Brazil Under Cardoso, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner. Del Carmen, Feijoo and Monica Gona (1985) Las mujeres en la transición a la democracia, ...
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Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century
No word is used and misused more than globalisation. It serves to refer to epoch-defining changes in the organisation of societies, economies and politics. But as the authors show, the term globalisation obscures much more than it reveals.
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The Cuban Revolution as Socialist Human Development
... the revolutionary government acted judiciously and swiftly in replacing this class through an extensive and open professional training and educational program, initiating a policy that would take some years to iron out the wrinkles ...
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The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies
largest of which are China (which holds about 21 per cent of the debt) and Japan (www.bea.gov/national/index.htm#gdp). 2 Also very much worth reading are ... 'The new world order: echoes of a new imperialism'. ... Flat World, Big Gaps.
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The Cuban Revolution as Socialist Human Development
The book argues that the Cuban Revolution should be understood as a model of socialist human development.
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Beyond Neoliberalism: A World to Win
Other Latin American governments were not so quick to discount the effects of the crisis on the regional and local economies , even though the initial response of many , in the last quarter of 2008 and even into 2009 , as Petras ( 2009 ) ...
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The New Extractivism: A Post-Neoliberal Development Model or Imperialism of the Twenty-First Century?
With fresh insight and analysis from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, this book looks at the political dynamics of capitalist development in a region where the neoliberal model is collapsing under the weight of a ...
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The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies
The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies provides an up-to-date and authoritative introduction to the field, challenging mainstream development discourse and the assumptions that underlie it.
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Beyond Neoliberalism: A World to Win
This groundbreaking book lays out an analysis of the dynamics and contradictions of capitalism in the twenty-first century.
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New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization: Prospects for a New World Order?
These dynamics are contextualized with essays on the Caribbean, Latin America, East Asia and Southern Africa. This is an invaluable volume for students, academics and activists concerned with creating a truly new world order.
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The Class Struggle in Latin America: Making History Today
This innovative book offers a unique perspective on the evolving dynamics of class struggle, engaging both the destructive forces of capitalist development and those seeking to consolidate the system and preserve the status quo, alongside ...
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Power and Resistance: US Imperialism in Latin America
This book focuses on US imperialism today in Latin America. It concerns the projection of state power as a means of advancing the economic interests of the US capitalist class and maintaining its hegemony over the world capitalist system.
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Social Movements and State Power: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador
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 Silva in Brazil, and Hugo...
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Buen Vivir and the Challenges to Capitalism in Latin America
more This book explores the battleground between neoliberal capitalist development processes in Latin America and the challenges to these systems that can be found through innovative communitydriven buen vivir/vivir bien initiatives.
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The Labyrinth of Latin American Development
The Riddle of New Social Movements : Who They Are and What They Do , ” in S. Halebsky and R. Harris ( eds . ) . Capital , Power and Inequality in Latin America . Boulder , CO : Westview , Henriquez , Helia and I. Reca ( 1994 ) .
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Development in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization
This book analyses the progress and failures of capitalist development against the backdrop of an increasingly globalised world economy organised on neoliberal principles.
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What's Left in Latin America?: Regime Change in New Times
... Ano Zero. Blumenau SC: Editora Edifurb. Petras, J. (2006), 'Nuevos vientos desde la izqierda o aire caliente desde una nueva derecha' www.rebelion.org. 13 March. Petras, J. (2007), 'El referendo Venezolano: analisis y epilogo', www ...
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Multinationals on Trial: Foreign Investment Matters
This is a much needed analysis of global capitalism and its impact around the world, resulting in an excellent resource for students, academics and activists.
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New Perspectives on Globalization and Antiglobalization: Prospects for a New World Order?
These dynamics are contextualized with essays on the Caribbean, Latin America, East Asia and Southern Africa. This is an invaluable volume for students, academics and activists concerned with creating a truly new world order.
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Globalization and Antiglobalization: Dynamics of Change in the New World Order
Investigating the dynamics of change and development in two regions of the world economy, Latin America and Asia, this book evaluates these forces, their political dynamics, and the responses of governments and citizens.