Format:
1 online resource (326 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004186484
Series Statement:
Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser. v.21
Content:
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.
Content:
Intro -- 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.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004184145
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004184145
Language:
English
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