Dr Jeffery Webber, BA (McGill), MA (McGill), PhD (Toronto)
Lecturer

Office Hours: 

Wednesday 2-3pm and Thursday 2-3pm

Research interests:

Prior to coming to QMUL, I was a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Regina, Canada (July 2009 – August 2010)

My research interests include: Latin American Political Economy; Development Theory; International Political Economy; Marxism; Imperialism, Hegemony, Empire, and Globalization; Critical Race Theory; Social Movements; Comparative Politics (Developing Countries); and the Latin American Left (Theory, History, and Practice).

I am currently working on two major research monographs:

1. Andean Labyrinth: The New Left in Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela
2. The Ottawa Connection: Canadian Geopolitics in Latin America and the Caribbean (with Todd Gordon)

PhD Supervision

I would be interested in supervising doctoral theses in the following areas:

• Political Economy of Latin America
• Latin American Left
• Latin American Social Movements
• Latin American Marxism (Theory, History, Practice)
• Political Economy of Development
• Critical Development Theory
• Imperialism, Hegemony, Empire and Globalization
• Historical Sociology, Historical Materialism, and International Relations
• Marxism and the Global South
• Revolutions and Social Movements in the Global South

Postgraduate supervision:

Kristin Ciupa (first supervisor), Regional Lending in Latin America: A Post-Neoliberal Alternative?

Sue Iamamoto (second supervisor), Memories of Warfare in Contemporary Bolivia

Publications:

Books:

Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Economy (Co-editor with Susan Spronk), Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, Historical Materialism Book Series, forthcoming 2013.

The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire (Co-editor with Barry Carr) Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013.

Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Modern Bolivia Chicago: Haymarket Books (Historical Materialism Book Series), 2012.

From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia: Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation and the Politics of Evo Morales. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2011.

Articles and Book Chapters

2013

“Evo Morales and the MST in Bolivia: Continuities and Discontinuities in Agrarian Reform,” (co-authored with Honor Brabazon), Journal of Agrarian Change, forthcoming 2013.

“Post-Coup Honduras: Latin America’s Corridor of Reaction,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Historical Materialism, forthcoming 2013.

“The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same’: Popular Forces Regroup Against Rafael Correa in Ecuador,” in Sara Farris and Joost Kircz, eds., Returns of Marxism. Amsterdam: IIRE, forthcoming 2013.

“Systemic Logics and Historical Specificity: Renewing Historical Materialism in Latin American Political Economy,” (co-authored with Susan Spronk) in Susan Spronk and Jeffery R. Webber, eds., Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Economy, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, Historical Materialism Books Series, forthcoming 2013.

“Revolution against ‘Progress’: Neo-Extractivism, the Compensatory State, and the TIPNIS Conflict in Bolivia,” in Susan Spronk and Jeffery R. Webber, eds., Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Economy, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, Historical Materialism Books Series, forthcoming 2013.

“Indigenous Liberation and Class Struggle in Ecuador: A Conversation with Luis Macas,” in Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein, eds., Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements, Oakland: PM Press, 2013.

“Ecuador’s Economy under Rafael Correa: Twenty-First Century Socialism or a New Extracivism? An Interview with Alberto Acosta,” in Clifton Ross and Marcy Rein, eds., Until the Rulers Obey: Voices from Latin American Social Movements, Oakland: PM Press, 2013.

“The Latin American Left in Theory and Practice,” in Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr, eds., The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. (Co-authored with Barry Carr), 2013.

“From Left-Indigenous Insurrection to Reconstituted Neoliberalism in Bolivia: Political Economy, Indigenous Liberation, and Class Struggle, 2000-2011,” in Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr, eds., The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013.

“The Overthrow of a Moderate and the Birth of a Radicalizing Resistance: The Coup against Manuel Zelaya and the History of Imperialism and Popular Struggle in Honduras,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), in Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr, eds., The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013.

“Honduran Labyrinth,” (co-athored with Todd Gordon), Jacobin, Issue 10, forthcoming 2013.

“Canadian Geopolitics in Post-Coup Honduras,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Critical Sociology, forthcoming 2013.

2012

“Elegant Discourse and Neoliberal Continuity in Bolivia: An Interview with Oscar Olivera and Freddy Villagómez,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, 23.1, forthcoming.

“Revolution against ‘Progress’: Indigenous Struggle, Class Contradiction, and the TIPNIS Conflict in Bolivia,” International Socialism, forthcoming.

“Latin America, Marxism, and Global Political Economy,” (co-authored with Susan Spronk) in Susan Spronk and Jeffery R. Webber, eds., Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Economy, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, Historical Materialism Books Series, forthcoming.

“The Twenty-First Century Latin American Left: Theory and Practice,” in Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr, eds., The Resurgence of Latin American Radicalism: Between Cracks in the Empire and an Izquierda Permitida. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. (Co-authored with Barry Carr), forthcoming.

“The Bolivian Cycle of Revolt, 2000-2010: Left-Indigenous Insurrection and the Evo Morales Government,” in Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr, eds., The Resurgence of Latin American Radicalism: Between Cracks in the Empire and an Izquierda Permitida. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming.

“The Honduran Coup of 2009: Imperialism and Left Resistance,” (with Todd Gordon), in Jeffery R. Webber and Barry Carr, eds., The Resurgence of Latin American Radicalism: Between Cracks in the Empire and an Izquierda Permitida. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming.

“Indigenous Liberation and Class Struggle in Ecuador: A Conversation with Luis Macas,” in Clifton Ross and Marina Sitrin, eds., Insurgent Democracies: Latin America’s New Powers, Oakland: PM Press, forthcoming.

“Ecuador’s Economy under Rafael Correa: Twenty-First Century Socialism or a New Extracivism? An Interview with Alberto Acosta,” in Clifton Ross and Marina Sitrin, eds., Insurgent Democracies: Latin America’s New Powers, Oakland: PM Press, forthcoming.

“Marxism,” in Andrew Boyd, ed, Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for the Next Revolution, forthcoming.

“Capitalism,” in Andrew Boyd, ed, Beautiful Trouble: A Toolbox for the Next Revolution, forthcoming.

“The Bolivarian Process in Venezuela: A Left Forum,” Historical Materialism (Co-editor of Intervention with Susan Spronk), forthcoming 2011.

2011

“Canada and the Honduran Coup of June 2009,” Bulletin of Latin American Research, (co-authored with Todd Gordon), 30.3:328-343.

“The Bolivarian Process in Venezuela: A Left Forum,” Historical Materialism (with Susan Spronk), 19.1: 229-266.

“ ‘The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same’: Popular Forces Regroup Against Rafael Correa in Ecuador,” in Sara Farris, ed., Returns of Marxism. Amsterdam: IIRE, 2011.

“Hope and Contradiction: The Struggle for Socialism in Twenty-First Century Venezuela,” in Henry Veltmeyer, ed., Socialism of the 20^th and 21^st Centuries, 2011.

“Chile’s New Left: More than a Student Movement,” International Socialist Review, (November-December), 2011.

“A New Indigenous-Left in Ecuador?” NACLA Report on the Americas, (September-October), 2011: 9-13.

“The Honduran Resistance at the Crossroads: An Interview with Carlos Amaya,” nacla.org, August 24, 2011.

“The Cartagena Accord: A Step Forward for Canada in Honduras,” (with Todd Gordon), The Bullet, July 13, 2011.

“From Cartagena to Tegucigalpa: Imperialism and the Future of the Honduran Resistance,” (with Todd Gordon), Upside Down World, July 4, 2011.

“The Different Logics in the Honduran Resistance: An Interview with Bertha Cáceres,” (with Todd Gordon), Upside Down World, June 27, 2011.

“Fantasies Aside, It’s Reconstituted Neoliberalism in Bolivia under Morales: A Response to Frederico Fuentes,” International Socialist Review (March-April), 2011

2010

“Bolivia in the Era Morales,” Latin American Research Review 45.3:248-260, 2010.

“Neostructuralism, Neoliberalism, and Latin America’s Resurgent Left,” Historical Materialism 18.3:208-229, 2010.

“Carlos Mesa, Evo Morales, and a Divided Bolivia, 2003-2005,” Latin American Perspectives, 37.3 (May): 51-70, 2010.

“Venezuela Under Chávez: The Prospects and Limitations of Twenty-First Century Socialism, 1998-2009,” Socialist Studies/Études Socialistes, 6, 1 (Spring): 11-44, 2010.

“Socialism and Development,” in Henry Veltmeyer et. al., eds., Critical Development Studies: Tools for Progressive Change. London: Pluto, 2010.

“Struggle, Continuity, and Contradiction in Bolivia,” in Peter Gärtner, Sven Schaller and Muruchi Poma, eds., Bolivien im Umbruch. Der schwierige Weg zur Neugründung. [A German translation of my recent essay of the same name in International Socialism], 2010.

“Mass Revolt Against Poverty in Bolivia,” Socialist Review (September), 2010.

“The Rebellion in Potosí: Uneven Development, Neoliberal Continuities, and a Revolt against Poverty in Bolivia,” Upside Down World, August 16, 2010.

“Uribe’s Parting Shot: Colombia and Venezuela Rattle Their Sabres,” Counterpunch, August 4, 2010.

“The Labour Movement and Socialist Struggle in Venezuela: An Interview with Pedro Eusse,” The Bullet, July 22, 2010.

“Indigenous Liberation and Class Struggle in Ecuador: A Conversation with Luis Macas,” Upside Down World, July 17, 2010.

“Ecological Resistance, Indigenous Struggle, and Rafael Correa’s Neo-Extractivism in Ecuador: An Interview with Gloria Chicaiza,” New Socialist Web Zine, July 14, 2010.

“Indigenous Struggle, Ecology, and Capitalist Resource Extraction in Ecuador: An Interview with Marlon Santi,” The Bullet, July 13, 2010.

“Ecuador’s Economy under Rafael Correa: Twenty-First Century Socialism or a New Extractivism? – An Interview with Alberto Acosta,” Upside Down World, July 12, 2010.

“Workers’ Control, Popular Power, and the Struggle for Socialism in Venezuela: An Interview with Gonzalo Gómez, Stalin Pérez Borges, and Luis Primo,” co-authored with Susan Spronk, Against the Current, 148 (September-October), 2010.

“Evo Morales and Reconstituted Neoliberalism in Bolivia,” International Socialist Review, 73 (September-October), 2010.

“Communal Power in Caracas: An Interview with Wilder Marcano,” co-authored with Susan Spronk, Upside Down World, July 5, 2010.

“Building a Future in the Barrio of Chapellín: An Interview with Rosa María González,” co-authored with Susan Spronk, Upside Down World, June 28, 2010.

“ ‘To Have and To Be’: Building a Socialist-Feminist Economy in Venezuela – An Interview with Lidice Navas,” co-authored with Susan Spronk, Znet, June 28, 2010.

“Workers’ Control and the Contradictions of the Bolivarian Process: An Interview with Gustavo Martínez,” co-authored with Susan Spronk, Znet, June 20, 2010.

“Building Socialism from Below: The Role of the Comunas in Venezuela, An Interview with Atenea Jiménez,” co-authored with Susan Spronk, Znet, June 13, 2010.

“Canada’s Long Embrace of the Honduran Dictatorship,” Counterpunch, co-authored with Todd Gordon, March 19, 2010.

“¿Consolidando el golpe de estado en Honduras? Pepe Lobo, imperialismo y resistencia,” Rebelión, co-authored with Todd Gordon, translated by Sinfo Fernández, February 8, 2010.

“Consolidating the Honduran Coup? Pepe Lobo, Imperialism, and the Resistance,” Counterpunch, co-authored with Todd Gordon, February 5, 2010.

“Honduras: Feminists in Resistance – Brenda Villacorta and Gloria Centeno Interviewed by Jeffery R. Webber,” MRZine, February 2, 2010.

“Honduran Resistance in the Streets of Tegucigalpa: Rafael Alegría Interviewed by Jeffery R. Webber,” MRZine, January 31, 2010.

“Canadian Mining and Popular Resistance in Honduras: Carlos Donilo Amador Interviewed by Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber,” The Bullet, January 29, 2010.

2009

“From Naked Barbarism to Barbarism with Benefits: Neoliberal Capitalism, Natural Gas Policy, and the Government of Evo Morales in Bolivia,” in Arne Ruckert and Laura Macdonald, eds., Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas? New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

“Left-Indigenous Politics in Bolivia: Evo Morales and the Constituent Assembly,” in Yildiz Atasoy, ed., Hegemonic Transitions, the State, and Neoliberal Crisis in Capitalism. London and New York: Routledge, 2009.

“Bolivia under Evo Morales: The Pace and Depth of Social and Political Change: Edgar Tórrez Mosqueira interviewed by Jeffery R. Webber,” MRZine, December 7, 2009.

2008

“Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia (Part III): Neoliberal Continuities, the Autonomist Right, and the Political Economy of Indigenous Struggle,” Historical Materialism 16.4: 67-109, 2008.  

“Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia (Part II): Revolutionary Epoch, Combined Liberation, and Electoralism,” Historical Materialism 16.3: 1-22, 2008.

“Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia (Part I): Domestic Class Structures, Latin American Trends, and Capitalist Imperialism,” Historical Materialism 16.2: 23-58, 2008. 

“Imperialism and Resistance: Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America,” Third World Quarterly 29,1: 63-87. (Co-authored with Todd Gordon), 2008.

“Dynamite in the Mines and Bloody Urban Clashes: Indigenous Ascendant Populism and the Limits of Reform in Bolivia’s Movement Towards Socialism,” Socialist Studies/Etudes Socialistes 4,1: 79-117, 2008.

“Marxism and Development Theory: Recent Scholarship on the Third World,” in Rethinking Marxism 20,1: 162-176 (review essay), 2008.

“Image and Reality in Bolivia: The Contradictions of Evo Morales and the New Indigenous Left,” in Aylin Topal, ed., The Latin American Left. Istanbul: Yordam Kitap (Exclusively in Turkish), 2008.

“Struggles against Accumulation by Dispossession in Bolivia: The Political Economy of Natural Resource Contention,” in Harry Vanden, Richard Stahler-Sholk, and Glen Kuecker, eds., Twenty-First Century Latin American Social Movements. Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield. (Co-authored with Susan Spronk) Re-print of Latin American Perspectives article, 2008. [Book was selected as one of Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009]

“Bolivia After the Referendum,” International Socialist Review Issue 62 (Nov-Dec): 27-35, 2008.

“Bolivia: A Coup in the Making?” Counterpunch, September 11, 2008. 

“Women of Venezuela’s PSUV: Jeffery R. Webber Interviews Three Women Leaders of PSUV,” MRZine, September 11, 2008.

“Venezuela from Below: Jeffery R. Webber Interviews Political Theorist and Journalist George Ciccariello-Maher,” Counterpunch, September 9, 2008. 

“Venezuela’s Bolivarian Process, Democracy, and Socialism: A View from the PSUV in Mérida,” an interview with Oscar González, MRZine, September 6, 2008. 

“Bolivia’s Post-Referendum Conjuncture,” Znet, August 19, 2008.

2007

“Struggles against Accumulation by Dispossession in Bolivia: The Political Economy of Natural Resource Contention,” Latin American Perspectives 34,2: 31-47 (Co-authored with Susan Spronk), 2007.  

“Indigenous Struggle in Latin America: The Perilous Invisibility of Capital and Class,” in Latin American Politics and Society 49,3: 191-205 (review essay), 2007. 

“Bolivian Horizons: An Interview with Historian Sinclair Thomson,” Znet, November 8, 2007.

“Bolivia’s Transition on Hold: Indigenous Populism and Forces of Reaction and Hope,” Against the Current No. 129 (July-August), 2007 [Translated into Dutch with a new postscript for the December 2007 issue of Grenzeloos].

“Business Unionism from the Inside: The Contradictions Facing Young Radicals in Union Staff Jobs,” (Interview with former SEIU union organizer), New Socialist (March-April), 2007.

2006

“Imperialism without Colonies,” Review of Radical Political Economics 38,1: 139-143 (review essay), 2006.

“Unearthing the Contradictions: Bolivia, Venezuela and the Future of the Latin American Left,” New Socialist (November-December-January), 2006.

“Evismo and the Shifting Balance of Social Forces in Bolivia: Reform? Revolution? Counter-Revolution?” International Viewpoint (October), 2006.

“The First 100 Days of Evo Morales: Image and Reality in Bolivia,” Against the Current 21,3 (July-August), 2006.

“Nationalization of Gas! Bolivia’s Historical May Day, 2006,” Counterpunch May 3, 2006 [also appeared in Znet and International Viewpoint], 2006.

“Will Evo Morales Change Bolivia?,” New Socialist (Feb-March) [also appeared in International Viewpoint], 2006.

“Mujeres Creando: Feminist Struggle in Bolivia, an Interview with Julieta Ojeda and Florentina Alegre,” New Socialist (Feb-March), 2006.

2005

“Left-Indigenous Struggles in Bolivia: Searching for Revolutionary Democracy,” Monthly Review 57, 4: 34-48, 2005. 

“The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and Bolivia’s Future: Upcoming Elections and the ‘Crisis of Democracy’” New Socialist (Nov-Dec-Jan), 2005.

“We’re Not Crazy! The Days of May and June in Bolivia,” New Socialist (September-October), 2005.

“Bolivia’s Second Gas War: Hopes and Limitations of the Popular Forces,” Against the Current, July-August. [Versions also appear in International Viewpoint and New Socialist, July-August], 2005.

“Nationalization! The First Two Days of Bolivia’s Second Gas War,” Znet May 25, 2005. [Versions also appear in International Viewpoint and Green Left Weekly, among others], 2005.

“Social Movements on Their Feet, a President without Direction, and a Socialist Leader out of Touch: Bolivia Erupts Over Gas and a Government for the People,” www.newsocialist.org and Znet, May 18, 2005, Counterpunch May 20, 2005.

“Bolivia Back to the Streets? Natural Gas and Popular Struggle,” Znet and Counterpunch May 9, 2005. 

“ ‘Agenda de Octubre’ or ‘Agenda de Enero’? The Regionalization of Class Struggle and Popular Indigenous Rebellion in Bolivia,” Against the Current, May-June. [A shorter version appears in New Socialist May-June], 2005.

“The Two Bolivias Square Off,” Canadian Dimension (Co-authored with Susan Spronk) May-June, 2005.

“Marxism and Indigenism in Bolivia: A Dialectic of Dialogue and Conflict. Álvaro García Linera Interviewed by Jeffery R. Webber,” Znet April 17, 2005.

“Women’s Emancipation, Indigenous Liberation, and Socialist Possibilities in Bolivia: An Interview with Nemecia Achacollo,” Znet, April 7, 2005.

“Bolivian President Resigns Amidst Blockades of the New Left and a Belligerent Old Right,” Znet (Co-authored with Susan Spronk), March 7, 2005.

“Natural Gas, Urban Insurrection, and Revolutionary Tradition in Bolivia: The Political Economy and History of Contemporary Social Struggle,” New Socialist 50 (Feb/Mar/Apr), 2005.

Examples of research funding:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), $81,000 (Can), Post-doctoral fellowship, Institute of the Americas, University of London, UK, 2009-2011*
*Declined due to tenure-track position at the University of Regina.

International Development Research Centre Doctoral Award (IDRC), $12,000 (Can), Financed fieldwork in Bolivia, 2005-2006.

Undergraduate teaching:

• POL244 International Politics of the Developing World (Level 5)
• POL369 Latin American Politics (Level 6)

Professional activities and outreach:

Editorial Board Member:

Historical Materialism (Fall 2008 -)
Latin American Perspectives (Fall 2008-)
Capitalism, Nature, Socialism (Fall 2011-)

Journal Referee:

Antipode
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Capital and Class
City and Society
Colombia Internacional
Critical Sociology
Development and Change
Globalizations
Historical Materialism
Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements
International Political Sociology
Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research
Journal of Latin American Studies
Journal of Rural Studies
Latin American Perspectives
Latin American Politics and Society
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
Political Studies
The Latin Americanist
Third World Quarterly

Book Referee:

Arizona University Press
Brill (Historical Materialism Book Series)
Haymarket Books
Pluto
Verso
Zed Books

Grant Referee:

Social Science and Humanities Research Council – SSHRC (Canada)
Economic and Social Research Council – ESRC (UK)

Member:

British International Studies Association (BISA)
Political Studies Association – UK (PSA)
Society for Latin American Studies – UK (SLAS)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA)
American Political Science Association (APSA)
Society for Socialist Studies - Société d'études socialistes
International Studies Association (ISA)
Canadian Association for the Study of International Development (CASID)
Critical Development Studies Network (Canada and Mexico)

Visiting Researcher

Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario (CEDLA), La Paz, Bolivia, August, 2010.
Centro Boliviano de Estudios Multidisciplinarios (CEBEM), La Paz, Bolivia, January-September 2005, April-May 2006.