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SendNeoliberalism and the Dynamics of Capitalist Development in Latin America
James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer :: 11.18.2009 :: United States
This is certainly the case in Latin America where the Left has focused its concern almost exclusively on the bankruptcy of neoliberalism, with reference to the agenda pursued and package of policy reforms implemented by virtually every government in the region by the dint of ideology if not the demands of the global capital or political opportunism. In this concern, imperialism and capitalism per se, as opposed to neoliberalism, have been pushed off the agenda, and as a result, excepting Chavézs Bolivarian Revolution, the project of building socialism has virtually disappeared as an object of theory and practice.
In this paper we would like to contribute towards turning this aroundto resurrect the socialist project; to do so by deconstructing the discourse on neoliberal globalization and reconstructing the actual contemporary dynamics of capitalist development.