James Petras is one of the most important sociologists of the 20th century, having made significant contributions to a critical Marxist tradition in sociological and political analysis. This essay provides an overview and appreciation of James Petras’s writings and the body of his work over the past 40 years, as well as an introduction to the other articles in this special issue of Critical Sociology. All of these articles were written to honour James Petras’s contributions to the formation of a critical tradition in sociological analysis.
Amin, S., Arrighi, G. and Wallerstein, I. ( 1982) Dynamics of Global Crisis. Monthly Review Press: New York, NY.
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Anderson, P. ( 1999) The Origins of Postmodernity. Verso : London.
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Araghi, F. ( 2008) The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis. Economic and Political Weekly43(45): 30-32.
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Araghi, F. and McMichael, P. ( 2000) Bringing World-History Back In: A Critique of the Postmodern Retreat in Agrarian Studies (Part I). Presented at the Xth World Congress of Rural Sociology, 30 July - 5 August, Rio de Janeiro.
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Best, S. and Kellner, D. ( 1997) The Postmodern Turn. Guilford Press : New York, NY.
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Brass, T. ( 1999) Towards a Comparative Political Economy of Unfree Labour . Cass: London.
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Brass, T. ( 2000) Peasants, Populism, and Postmodernism: The Return of the Agrarian Myth. Cass: London.
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Braverman, H. ( 1974) Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century. Monthly Review Press: New York, NY.
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Chilcote, R.H. and Edelstein, J. ( 1994) Latin America: The Struggle with Dependency and Beyond . Schenkman: Cambridge, MA.
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Foster, J.B. ( 2002) Monopoly Capital and the New Globalization. Monthly Review 53(8). URL (consulted 10 July 2009): http://monthlyreview.org/0102jbf.htm
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Frank, A.G. ( 1980) Crisis in the World Economy. Holmes and Meier: New York, NY.
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Frank, A.G. ( 1981) Crisis in the Third World. Holmes and Meier: New York, NY.
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Harvey, D. ( 1989) The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change. Blackwell: Oxford and Cambridge, MA.
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Holloway, J. ( 2002) Change the World without Taking Power: The Meaning of Revolution Today. Pluto Press: London.
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Jameson, F. ( 1991) Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism . Duke University Press: Durham, NC.
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Lipietz, A. ( 1987) Mirages and Miracles: The Crisis in Global Fordism. Verso: London.
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McMichael, P. ( 2008) Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Magdoff, H. and Sweezy, P. ( 1988) The Irreversible Crisis. Monthly Review Press: New York, NY.
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Marglin, S. and Schor, J. ( 1990) The Golden Age of Capitalism: Reinterpreting the Post-War Experience. Clarendon Press: Oxford .
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Petras, J. ( 1969) Politics and Social Forces in Chilean Development. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
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Petras, J. ( 1970) Politics and Structure in Latin America. Monthly Review Press: New York, NY.
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Petras, J. ( 1973) Latin America: Dependence or Revolution. Wiley: New York, NY.
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Petras, J. ( 2003) The New Development Politics. AshgateAldershot.
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Petras, J. ( 2006) The Power of Israel in the United States. Clarity Press: Atlanta, GA.
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Petras, J. ( 2007) Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire: Bankers, Zionists and Militants. Clarity Press: Atlanta, GA.
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Petras, J. and Morley, M. ( 2005) Empire or Republic, Global Power, Domestic Decay: The US in the 1990s. Routledge: New York, NY.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2000) Hegemonia dos Estados Unidos no nova milênio. Editorial Vozes: Petrópolis.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2001) Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century . Fernwood: Halifax.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2002) Argentina: Entre desintegración y la revolución . Editorial la Maza: Buenos Aires .
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2003) System in Crisis: The Dynamics of Free Market Capitalism . Fernwood: Halifax.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2004) Las dos caras del imperialismo. Mexico /Buenos Aires: Editorial Lumen .
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2005a) Empire with Imperialism: Dynamics of Globalizing Capitalism . Zed Books: London.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2005b) Social Movements and the State: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador. Pluto Press: London.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2007) Social Movements and the State: Political Power Dynamics in Latin America. R.A. Della Buono and L.J. Bell (eds) Imperialism, Neoliberalism and Social Struggles in Latin America, pp. 239-60. Brill: Leiden and Boston, MA.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. ( 2008) Camponeses numa era de globalização neoliberal: América Latina em movimento. E. Tomiasi and J.E. Fabrini (eds) Campesinato e territórios em disputa, pp. 79-120. Editora Expressão Popular: São Paulo.
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Petras, J. and Veltmeyer, H. (forthcoming) A Class Perspective on Ecology and Indigenous Movements: Diversity with Inequality Is Not Social Justice. /A//rmonia con la madre terra //la nuestra América del vivir bien //a cura di/. Jaca Books: Rome.
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Petras, J. and Zeitlin, M. ( 1968) Reform or Revolution: Politics and Social Structure in Latin America. Fawcett: New York, NY.
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Robinson, W. ( 2008) Latin America and Global Capitalism: A Critical Globalization Perspective. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD.
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Sklair, L. ( 1995) Sociology of the Global System. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD.
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Veltmeyer, H. ( 2002) The Politics of Language: Deconstructing Post-Development Discourse. Canadian Journal of Development Studies23(3): 597-624.
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Veltmeyer, H. (ed.) (2009). Critical Development Studies: Tools for Change. Fernwood Books and Pluto Books: Halifax and London.
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Veltmeyer, H. and Petras, J. ( 1997) Neoliberalism and Class Conflict in Latin America. Macmillan / St. Martin’s Press: London and New York
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Veltmeyer, H. and Petras, J. ( 2000) The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America. Macmillan: London.
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Wallerstein, I. ( 1995) The End of What Modernity? Theory and Society24(4): 471-88.
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Reform or Revolution: Politics and Social Structure in Latin America. New York: Fawcett, 1968. Spanish edition, 1971. [co-editor]
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Politics and Social Forces in Chilean Development. Berkeley : University of California, 1969 . Spanish edition, 1971.
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Politics and Structure in Latin America. New York: Monthly Review, 1970.
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Cultivating Revolution: United States and Agrarian Reform in Latin America . New York: Random House, 1971. [co-author]
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Peasants in Revolt. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1973. [co-author]
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Latin America: Dependence or Revolution. New York: Wiley, 1973.
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Critical Perspectives on Imperialism and Social Class. New York: Monthly Review, 1978.
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Class, State and Power in the Third World. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1981. [co-author]
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Capitalist and Socialist Crises in the Late Twentieth Century. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allenheld, 1984. [co-author]
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Latin America: Bankers, Generals and the Struggle for Social Justice. Rowman & Littlefield, 1986. [co-author] US Hegemony under Siege. London: Verso, 1990. [co-author]
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Latin America in the Time of Cholera. London: Routledge, 1992. [co-author]
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Democracy and Poverty in Chile. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993. [co-author]
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La historia terminable. Txalaparta Navarra, 1994.
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Empire or Republic, Global Power, Domestic Decay: The US in the 1990s. London: Routledge, 1995. [co-author]
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La continuación de la historia. La Paz: CIDES, 1996.
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Neoliberalism and Class Conflict in Latin America. London : Macmillan and St. Martin’s Press, 1997. [co-author]
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America Latina: mas alla del Neoliberalismo. São Paulo: Xaman, 1999.
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The Dynamics of Social Change in Latin America. London : Macmillan, 2000. [co-author]
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Hegemonia dos Estados Unidos no nova milênio. Petrópolis : Editorial Vozes, 2000. [co-author]
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Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century. London: ZED Press/Halifax: Fernwood Books, 2001. Editions in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Greek, Indonesian, Turkish, Telugese, Korean. [co-author]
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Globalización, imperialismo y clase social. Buenos Aires and Mexico City: Editorial Lumen, 2001. [co-author]
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Argentina: entre desintegración y la revolución. Buenos Aires: Editorial la Maza, 2002. [co-author]
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Cardoso’s Brazil: A Land for Sale. Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Portuguese edition, 2001. [co-author]
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Ensayos contra el orden: movimientos sociales en América Latina. Cuenca: Universidad de Cuenca and Quito: Coordinadora de Movimientos Sociales, 2003. [co-author]
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System in Crisis: The Dynamics of Free Market Capitalism. London : Zed Books/Halifax: Fernwood Books, 2003. Editions in Spanish, French and Greek. [co-author]
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The New Development Politics. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003.
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Globalización desenmascarada: el imperialismo del siglo XXI. Mexico: Grupo Editoria - Miguel Angel Porrua, 2004. [co-author]
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Las dos caras del imperialismo. Mexico/ Buenos Aires: Grupo Editorial Lumen, 2004. [co-author]
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Los intelectuales y la globalización. Quito: Editorial Abya Yala, 2004. [co-author]
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Las privatizaciónes y la desnacionalización en América Latina . Buenos Aires: Libros Prometeo , 2004. [co-editor]
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Brazil e Lula. Petrópolis: Blumenau , 2005.
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Social Movements and the State: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador. London: Pluto Press. Spanish edition, Buenos Aires: Editorial Lumen, 2005 . [co-author]
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Lotte e regimi in America Latina. Rome: Jaca Book, 2005. [co-author]
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Competizione globale: imperialismi e movimienti di resistencia. Rome: Jaca Book, 2005. [co-author]
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Empire with Imperialism: Dynamics of Globalizing Capitalism. London: Zed Books, 2005. Translated into Italian, French, Spanish and German. [co-author]
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The Power of Israel in the United States. Atlanta: Clarity Press, 2006.
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Multinationals on Trial: Foreign Investment Matters. London : Ashgate, 2007. In Spanish as Juicio a las Multinacionales. Buenos Aires: Editorial Lumen, 2006. [co-author]
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Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire: Bankers, Zionists and Militants. Atlanta: Clarity Press, 2007.
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What’s Left in Latin America. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009. In Spanish as Espejismos de la izquierda en América Latina. Buenos Aires: Editorial Lumen, 2009 . [co-author]
