1st Edition
Latin America in the Time of Cholera Electoral Politics, Market Economics, and Permanent Crisis
Introduction Part 1: The Crisis of Electoral Politics 1. Latin America: Poverty of Democracy and the Democracy of Poverty 2. Aylwin’s Chile: The Nature of Latin American “Democratic” Transitions Part 2: Imperial Policy and Political Change 3. U. S. Policy Toward Latin America: Military Intervention, Client Regimes, and Economic Pillage in the 1990s 4. Washington’s Invasion of Panama: Myths and Realities Part 3. Revolution and Counterrevolution 5. Cuban Socialism: Rectification and the New Moel of Accumulation 6. The Electoral Defeat of the Sandinistas: Critical Reflections 7. The Retreat of the Intellectuals Part 4. Conclusion 8. Democratic Regimes, Terrorist States, and Western Political Amnesia in Latin America 9. Global Transformations and the Future of Socialism in Latin America
Biography
James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, USA. He is the author of more than 62 books published in 29 languages, and over 600 articles in professional journals, including the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Social Research, and Journal of Peasant Studies.
Morris Morley joined Macquarie University in 1985 in the old Politics Department (now part of Modern History, Politics and International Relations) and was the longest serving member of the department at the time of his retirement as Honorary Associate Professor in 2017.
Reviews of the first publication:
“Petras and Morley are truly impressive in the scope and depth of their treatment, their critical command of both the literature and the events of our times, and their understanding of complex developments in Latin America and elsewhere.”
— Michael Parenti, author of The Sword and the Dollar: Imperialism, Revolution and the Arms Race
“This is an important and original book. It is lively, powerful writing and rewarding reading. Incisive social analysis, theoretical critique, and political polemic are uniquely blended.”
— Maurice Zeitlin, University of California, Los Angeles
