Power and Resistance : : US Imperialism in Latin America / / by James Petras, Henry Veltmeyer.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 83
• VerfasserIn: Petras, James F., 1937-; Veltmeyer, Henry,
• TeilnehmendeR: Veltmeyer, Henry,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 83.; Studies in critical social sciences. Critical global studies ; Volume 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book concerns the form taken today by US imperialism in Latin America, with reference to the projection of US state power as a means of both advancing the economic interests of the US capitalist class in the region and maintaining its hegemony over the world capitalist system. In Part I the book delves into the complex relationship that exists between imperialism and capitalism as the system that dominates the world economy. Part II elaborates on the economic and political dynamics of imperial power in Latin America and the forces of resistance that these dynamics have generated. Part III focuses on the relationship between the United States and Venezuela, which has assumed the leadership in the anti-imperialist struggle.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Imperialism and Capitalism: Rethinking an Intimate Relationship -- Imperialism in an Era of Extractive Capitalism -- Extractive Imperialism and the Post-Neoliberal State -- Agroextractivist Imperialism -- US Imperialism in Latin America: Then and Now -- US Global Power in the 21st Century: Military or Economic Imperialism? -- Fifty Years of Imperial Wars: Results and Perspectives -- Networks of Empire and Realignments of World Power -- Paradoxes of Anti-Imperialism and Class Struggle -- The United States and Venezuela: Decades of Defeats and Destabilization -- The Chávez Factor in us Imperialism -- Obama’s Imperialist Offensive against Venezuela -- Bibliography -- Index.