Jeffery Webber
Professor
Office: Ross S659
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 30087
Email: jrwebber@yorku.ca
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Jeffery R. Webber is a political economist with research interests in Latin America, Marxism, social theory, the history of the Left, international development, capitalism and nature, imperialism, the politics of class and social oppression, and social movements. He is author or co-author of five books – Impasse of the Latin American Left, with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi (2022);The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same: The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left (2017); Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America, with Todd Gordon (2016); Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Modern Bolivia (2012); and From Rebellion to Reform: Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales (2011). He is also the co-editor of three books – The Labor of Extraction in Latin America, with Kristin Ciupa (forthcoming 2024); Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Political Economy, with Susan Spronk (2015); and The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire, with Barry Carr (2013). Before coming to York Webber taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Regina. He has lectured across Europe, North America, and Latin America, and sat on the editorial board of Historical Materialism (2008-2019).
Webber is presently at work on two new books: The Latin American Crucible: Politics and Power in the New Era (under contract with Verso); and The Authoritarian Disposition: Capitalism, Liberalism, Fascism (co-authored with Todd Gordon).
Degrees
PhD, University of TorontoMA, McGill University
BA, McGill University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
The Labor of Extraction in Latin America, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, co-edited with Kristin Ciupa, forthcoming 2024.
The Impasse of the Latin American Left, co-authored with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi, London and Durham: Duke University Press, 2022.
Extractivismo a sangre y fuego: el imperialismo canadiense en América Latina, La Paz, Bolivia: CEDLA, 2021.
Fin de partie? Amérique latine : les expériences progressistes dans l’impasse (co-authored with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi)
Los gobiernos progresistas latinoamericanos del siglo XXI: Ensayos de interpretación (co-authored with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi)
The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same: The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left
“Race, Class, and the Left in Brexit Britain” (co-authored with Adam Hanieh), Spectre, 3, 2021.
"By Our Own Means: Everyday Revolutionaries in Allende’s Chile," Spectre, 1, 1, 2020: 90-96.
"Choosing Between Life and Capital in Latin America: An Interview with Jeffery R. Webber," Marxist Left Review, 20 (Winter), 2020: 165-189.
“Complex Stratification in the World System: Capitalist Totality and Geopolitical Fragmentation,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Science and Society, 84, 1, 2020: 95-125.
"Resurrection of the Dead, Exaltation of the New Struggles: Marxism, Class Conflict, and Social Movement,” Historical Materialism, 27, 1, 2019: 5-54.
“La Larga crisis brasileña: Un debate,” (co-editor and co-author of introduction with Juan Grigera), Herramienta Web 26, 2019.
“The Long Brazilian Crisis: A Forum,” Historical Materialism (co-editor and co-author of introduction with Juan Grigera), 27, 2, 2019: 59-21.
“Canadian Capital and Secondary Imperialism” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 15, 1, 2018: 72-89.
"Return of the Strike: A Forum on the Teachers Rebellion in the United States,” in Historical Materialism (Editor and author of introduction), 26,4, 2018: 119-163.
“Contemporary Latin American Inequality: Class Struggle, Decolonization, and the Limits of Liberal Citizenship,” Latin American Research Review, 52, 2: 281-299, 2017.
“Evo Morales, el transformismmo y la consolidación del capitalismo agrario en Bolivia,” Cuestión Agraria, No. 2, 2017.
“Evo Morales, Transformismo, and the Consolidation of Agrarian Capitalism in Bolivia, 2006-2016,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 17, 2: 330-347, 2017.
*Shortlisted for the 2017 Journal of Agrarian Change Bernstein and Byres Prize
“Evo Morales and the Political Economy of Passive Revolution in Bolivia, 2006-2015,” Third World Quarterly, 37, 10: 1855-1876, 2016.
“Idle No More: An Introduction to the Symposium on Glen Coulthard’s Red Skin, White Masks,” Historical Materialism, 24, 3: 3-29, 2016.
“Dual Powers, Class Compositions, and the Venezuelan People,” Historical Materialism, 23, 2: 189-227, 2015.
“The Indigenous Community as ‘Living Organism’: José Carlos Mariátegui, Romantic Marxism, and Extractive Capitalism in the Andes,” Theory and Society, 44, 6: 575-598, 2015.
“Canadian Geopolitics in Post-Coup Honduras,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Critical Sociology, 40, 4: 601-620, 2014.
“Evo Morales and the MST in Bolivia: Continuities and Discontinuities in Agrarian Reform,” (co-authored with Honor Brabazon), Journal of Agrarian Change, 14, 3: 435-465, 2014.
“Post-Coup Honduras: Latin America’s Corridor of Reaction,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Historical Materialism, 21, 3: 16-56, 2013.
“Sabaneta to Miraflores: The Afterlives of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela,” (co-authored with Susan Spronk), New Politics, 14, 4: 97-109, 2014.
“On the Fortieth Anniversary of Latin American Perspectives,” Latin American Perspectives, 40, 6: 71-113, 2013.
“Popular Movements, Political Economy, and the State in Bolivia: An Interview with Oscar Olivera and Freddy Villagómez,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, 23.3: 6-19, 2012.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | GS/POLS6465 3.0 | A | Rebellion&Revolution in Mod.LatinAmerica | SEMR |
| Fall 2024 | AP/POLS4405 3.0 | A | Capitalism, Class and Social Movements | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/POLS3297 3.0 | M | Foundations of Political Economy | LECT |
| Winter 2025 | AP/POLS2400 3.0 | M | Introduction to Comparative Politics | LECT |
| Winter 2025 | AP/POLS4555 3.0 | M | Latin American Development | SEMR |
Jeffery R. Webber is a political economist with research interests in Latin America, Marxism, social theory, the history of the Left, international development, capitalism and nature, imperialism, the politics of class and social oppression, and social movements. He is author or co-author of five books – Impasse of the Latin American Left, with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi (2022);The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same: The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left (2017); Blood of Extraction: Canadian Imperialism in Latin America, with Todd Gordon (2016); Red October: Left-Indigenous Struggles in Modern Bolivia (2012); and From Rebellion to Reform: Class Struggle, Indigenous Liberation, and the Politics of Evo Morales (2011). He is also the co-editor of three books – The Labor of Extraction in Latin America, with Kristin Ciupa (forthcoming 2024); Crisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Political Economy, with Susan Spronk (2015); and The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire, with Barry Carr (2013). Before coming to York Webber taught at Goldsmiths, University of London, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Regina. He has lectured across Europe, North America, and Latin America, and sat on the editorial board of Historical Materialism (2008-2019).
Webber is presently at work on two new books: The Latin American Crucible: Politics and Power in the New Era (under contract with Verso); and The Authoritarian Disposition: Capitalism, Liberalism, Fascism (co-authored with Todd Gordon).
Degrees
PhD, University of TorontoMA, McGill University
BA, McGill University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
All Publications
The Labor of Extraction in Latin America, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, co-edited with Kristin Ciupa, forthcoming 2024.
The Impasse of the Latin American Left, co-authored with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi, London and Durham: Duke University Press, 2022.
Extractivismo a sangre y fuego: el imperialismo canadiense en América Latina, La Paz, Bolivia: CEDLA, 2021.
Fin de partie? Amérique latine : les expériences progressistes dans l’impasse (co-authored with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi)
Los gobiernos progresistas latinoamericanos del siglo XXI: Ensayos de interpretación (co-authored with Franck Gaudichaud and Massimo Modonesi)
The Last Day of Oppression, and the First Day of the Same: The Politics and Economics of the New Latin American Left
“Race, Class, and the Left in Brexit Britain” (co-authored with Adam Hanieh), Spectre, 3, 2021.
"By Our Own Means: Everyday Revolutionaries in Allende’s Chile," Spectre, 1, 1, 2020: 90-96.
"Choosing Between Life and Capital in Latin America: An Interview with Jeffery R. Webber," Marxist Left Review, 20 (Winter), 2020: 165-189.
“Complex Stratification in the World System: Capitalist Totality and Geopolitical Fragmentation,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Science and Society, 84, 1, 2020: 95-125.
"Resurrection of the Dead, Exaltation of the New Struggles: Marxism, Class Conflict, and Social Movement,” Historical Materialism, 27, 1, 2019: 5-54.
“La Larga crisis brasileña: Un debate,” (co-editor and co-author of introduction with Juan Grigera), Herramienta Web 26, 2019.
“The Long Brazilian Crisis: A Forum,” Historical Materialism (co-editor and co-author of introduction with Juan Grigera), 27, 2, 2019: 59-21.
“Canadian Capital and Secondary Imperialism” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 15, 1, 2018: 72-89.
"Return of the Strike: A Forum on the Teachers Rebellion in the United States,” in Historical Materialism (Editor and author of introduction), 26,4, 2018: 119-163.
“Contemporary Latin American Inequality: Class Struggle, Decolonization, and the Limits of Liberal Citizenship,” Latin American Research Review, 52, 2: 281-299, 2017.
“Evo Morales, el transformismmo y la consolidación del capitalismo agrario en Bolivia,” Cuestión Agraria, No. 2, 2017.
“Evo Morales, Transformismo, and the Consolidation of Agrarian Capitalism in Bolivia, 2006-2016,” Journal of Agrarian Change, 17, 2: 330-347, 2017.
*Shortlisted for the 2017 Journal of Agrarian Change Bernstein and Byres Prize
“Evo Morales and the Political Economy of Passive Revolution in Bolivia, 2006-2015,” Third World Quarterly, 37, 10: 1855-1876, 2016.
“Idle No More: An Introduction to the Symposium on Glen Coulthard’s Red Skin, White Masks,” Historical Materialism, 24, 3: 3-29, 2016.
“Dual Powers, Class Compositions, and the Venezuelan People,” Historical Materialism, 23, 2: 189-227, 2015.
“The Indigenous Community as ‘Living Organism’: José Carlos Mariátegui, Romantic Marxism, and Extractive Capitalism in the Andes,” Theory and Society, 44, 6: 575-598, 2015.
“Canadian Geopolitics in Post-Coup Honduras,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Critical Sociology, 40, 4: 601-620, 2014.
“Evo Morales and the MST in Bolivia: Continuities and Discontinuities in Agrarian Reform,” (co-authored with Honor Brabazon), Journal of Agrarian Change, 14, 3: 435-465, 2014.
“Post-Coup Honduras: Latin America’s Corridor of Reaction,” (co-authored with Todd Gordon), Historical Materialism, 21, 3: 16-56, 2013.
“Sabaneta to Miraflores: The Afterlives of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela,” (co-authored with Susan Spronk), New Politics, 14, 4: 97-109, 2014.
“On the Fortieth Anniversary of Latin American Perspectives,” Latin American Perspectives, 40, 6: 71-113, 2013.
“Popular Movements, Political Economy, and the State in Bolivia: An Interview with Oscar Olivera and Freddy Villagómez,” Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, 23.3: 6-19, 2012.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | GS/POLS6465 3.0 | A | Rebellion&Revolution in Mod.LatinAmerica | SEMR |
| Fall 2024 | AP/POLS4405 3.0 | A | Capitalism, Class and Social Movements | SEMR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/POLS3297 3.0 | M | Foundations of Political Economy | LECT |
| Winter 2025 | AP/POLS2400 3.0 | M | Introduction to Comparative Politics | LECT |
| Winter 2025 | AP/POLS4555 3.0 | M | Latin American Development | SEMR |
