Multinationals on Trial

James Petras is Professor Emeritus in Sociology at SUNY at Binghamton, New York, USA, and Adjunct Professor in International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada. He is the author of over sixty books and numerous other writings on Latin America and world developments, including The New Development Politics (2003). A list and a file of his periodical writings and journal articles can be accessed via www.rebelion.org Henry Veltmeyer is Professor of Development Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ), Mexico, and Professor of Sociology and International Development Studies at St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Canada. He is author of numerous book length studies and scholarly articles on issues of Latin American and world developments, including Globalization and Antiglobalization (2004).

Introduction; Chapter 1 Empire and Imperialism; Chapter 2 Imperialisms, Old and New; Chapter 3 Foreign Investment at Work; Chapter 4 The Social Dimension of Foreign Investment; Chapter 5 Policy Dynamics of Foreign Investment; Chapter 6 Foreign Investment and the State; Chapter 7 Anti-Imperialism and Foreign Investment; Chapter 8 Anti-Imperialist Regime Dynamics;