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James Petras

Bio: James Petras is an academic researcher from Binghamton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Latin Americans & Politics. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 209 publications receiving 3707 citations. Previous affiliations of James Petras include Princeton University & Brill Publishers.


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01 Jul 2001
TL;DR: The politics of US Hegemony: Right-wing Strategy in Practice as discussed by the authors is a classic example of a strategy in practice of the US Empire and Narco-Corrupting Capitalism.
Abstract: * Contents * Introduction * 1. Globalization or Imperialism? * 2. Globalization: A Critical Analysis * 3. Globalization as Ideology * 4. Capitalism at the End of the Millennium * 5. The Labyrinth of Privatization * 6. Democracy and Capitalism: An Uneasy Relationship * 7. Cooperation for Development * 8. NGOs in the Service of Imperialism * 9. US Empire and Narco - Capitalism * 10. The Politics of US Hegemony: Right-wing Strategy in Practice * 11. Socialism in an Age of Imperialism

319 citations

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TL;DR: In the service of imperialism, NGOs have been criticised as mentioned in this paper for being "in the service" of the United States and the United Kingdom, and they have been labeled as "agents of imperialism".
Abstract: (1999). NGOs: In the service of imperialism. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 429-440.

208 citations

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TL;DR: In the early 1980s, the more perceptive sectors of the neoliberal ruling classes realized that their policies were polarizing the society and provoking large-scale social discortent.
Abstract: By the early 1980s the more perceptive sectors of the neoliberal ruling classes realized that their policies were polarizing the society and provoking large-scale social discortent. Neoliberal politicians began to finance and promote a parallel strategy "from below," the promotion of "grassroots" organization with an "anti-statist" ideology to intervene among potentially conflictory classes, to create a "social cushion." These organizations were financially dependent on neoliberal sources and were directly involved in competing with socio-political movements for the allegiance or local leaders and activist communities. By the 1990s these organizations, described as "nongovernmental," numbered in the thousands and were receiving close to four billion dollars world-wide.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

203 citations

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01 Mar 2014
TL;DR: In this article, a new model or extractive imperialism is proposed, and the authors discuss the relationship between voluntarist developmentalism and pragmatic extractivism in the context of soya production and open-pit mining.
Abstract: * Introduction * 1. A new model or extractive imperialism? * 2. Argentina: Extractivist dynamics of soya production and open-pit mining * Norma Giarracca and Miguel Teubal * 3. Bolivia: Between voluntarist developmentalism and pragmatic extractivism * Henry Veltmeyer * 4. Colombia: The mining boom: a catalyst of development or resistance? * Kyla Sankey * 5. Ecuador: Extractivist dynamics, politics and discourse * Pablo Davalos and Veronica Albuja * 6. Mexico: The political ecology of mining * Darcy Victor Tetreault * 7. Peru: Mining capital and social resistance * Jan Lust * 8. Theses on extractive imperialism and the post-neoliberal state

133 citations


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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The Neoliberal State and Neoliberalism with 'Chinese Characteristics' as mentioned in this paper is an example of the Neoliberal state in the context of Chinese characteristics of Chinese people and its relationship with Chinese culture.
Abstract: Introduction 1 Freedom's Just Another Word 2 The Construction of Consent 3 The Neoliberal State 4 Uneven Geographical Developments 5 Neoliberalism with 'Chinese Characteristics' 6 Neoliberalism on Trial 7 Freedom's Prospect Notes Bibliography Index

10,062 citations

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3,074 citations

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TL;DR: For instance, Manoilesco's confident prediction could easily be dismissed as yet another example of the ideological bias, wishful thinking and overinflated rhetoric of the thirties, an evenementielle response to a peculiar environment and period.
Abstract: Until recently, Manoilesco's confident prediction could easily be dismissed as yet another example of the ideological bias, wishful thinking and overinflated rhetoric of the thirties, an evenementielle response to a peculiar environment and period. With the subsequent defeat of fascism and National Socialism, the spectre of corporatism no longer seemed to haunt the European scene so fatalistically. For a while, the concept itself was virtually retired from the active lexicon of politics, although it was left on behavioral exhibit, so to speak, in such museums of atavistic political practice as Portugal and Spain.

2,162 citations

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TL;DR: This article argued that the British Empire was a " liberal" empire that upheld international law, kept the seas open and free, and ultimately benefited everyone by ensuring the free flow of trade.
Abstract: From a world history perspective, the most noticeable trend in the history of the late 19th century was the domination of Europeans over Non­Europeans. This domination took many forms ranging from economic penetration to outright annexation. No area of the globe, however remote from Europe, was free of European merchants, adventurers, explorers or western missionaries. Was colonialism good for either the imperialist or the peoples of the globe who found themselves subjects of one empire or another? A few decades ago, the answer would have been a resounding no. Now, in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the more or less widespread discrediting of Marxist and Leninist analysis, and the end of the Cold War, political scientists and historians seem willing to take a more positive look at Nineteenth Century Imperialism. One noted current historian, Niall Ferguson has argued that the British Empire probably accomplished more positive good for the world than the last generation of historians, poisoned by Marxism, could or would concede. Ferguson has argued that the British Empire was a \" liberal \" empire that upheld international law, kept the seas open and free, and ultimately benefited everyone by ensuring the free flow of trade. In other words, Ferguson would find little reason to contradict the young Winston Churchill's assertion that the aim of British imperialism was to: give peace to warring tribes, to administer justice where all was violence, to strike the chains off the slave, to draw the richness from the soil, to place the earliest seeds of commerce and learning, to increase in whole peoples their capacities for pleasure and diminish their chances of pain. It should come as no surprise that Ferguson regards the United States current position in the world as the natural successor to the British Empire and that the greatest danger the U.S. represents is that the world will not get enough American Imperialism because U.S. leaders often have short attention spans and tend to pull back troops when intervention becomes unpopular. It will be very interesting to check back into the debate on Imperialism about ten years from now and see how Niall Ferguson's point of view has fared! The other great school of thought about Imperialism is, of course, Marxist. For example, Marxist historians like E.J. Hobsbawm argue that if we look at the l9th century as a great competition for the world's wealth and …

2,001 citations