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This book concerns the form taken today by US imperialism in Latin-America, analyzing the projection of US state power as a means of both advancing the economic interests of US capital in the region and maintaining its hegemony over the world capitalist system. The authors survey the motives driving these policies, and the resistance they have generated across the region.

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Author:   James Petras ,  Henry Veltmeyer
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
ISBN:  

9781608467129

ISBN 10:   1608467120
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   10 October 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I. RETHINKING IMPERIALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY 1. Capitalism and Imperialism: notes on an intimate relation 2. Imperialism in an era of extractive capitalism 3. Extractive Imperialism and the post-neoliberal state 4. Imperialist dynamics of agroextractivism PART II. POLICY AND RESISTANCE DYNAMICS OF US IMPERIALISM 5. US Imperialism in Latin America: Then and now 6. US global power in the 21st Century: military or economic imperialism? 7. Fifty years of imperial wars: results and perspectives 8. Networks of empire and realignments of world power 9. Paradoxes of anti-imperialism and class struggle PART III. THE VENEZUELAN PIVOT OF US IMPERIALISM 10. The US and Venezuela: decades of defeats and destabilization 11. The Chávez factor in US-Venezuela relations 12. Obama’s imperialist offensive against Venezuela Bibliography Index

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James Petras is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at Binghamption University, and author of over 60 books on Latin American affairs and world affairs, including Imperialism and Capitalism in the 2Ist Century and Social Movements in Latin America. Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Development Studies at Saint Mary's University and Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. He has authored and edited over 40 books on Latin American and world affairs, including Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle: The Verities of Capitalism.

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