Incwadi kaWilliam I. Robinson; Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2008, 440 pp.
Lkunyaka, UC Santa Barbara sociology unjingalwazi William I. Robinson waba ezindabeni ngokuba temerity ukugxeka uhlaselo lomkhosi wamaSirayeli Palestine eGaza. Amaqela asekunene, kuquka i-Anti-Defamation League, aququzelela iphulo elihlasela uRobinson ngentsingiselo yokuba nakuphi na ukugxekwa kokusetyenziswa kakubi komkhosi kwaSirayeli kwiindawo ezihlaselweyo kufana nokuchasa amaYuda.
Umthamo wakhe wangoku, ILatin America kunye neGlobal Capitalism, yincwadi ebalulekileyo kuye nabani na onomdla wokuba umhlaba wethu osengozini usingise phi. URobinson, umbhali wophononongo lwe-1996 loncedo lwangaphandle lwase-US, Ukukhuthaza I-Polyarchy, ucokisekile kushwankathelo lwakhe lwendlela ubukhapitali obuyithathileyo eLatin America ukususela ngeminyaka yee-1970. Usebenzisa uphando olusuka kwiminyaka yomsebenzi kwaye ahluze idatha ukuze abonise indlela izivumelwano zorhwebo ze-neoliberal kunye nezinye iindlela zorhwebo lwehlabathi ziye zandisa iingeniso ze-elites zehlabathi, ngelixa ziphazamisa ngokunzulu iipatheni zobomi kunye nokulinganisela kunye nehlabathi lendalo.
Omnye umzekelo oqaqambileyo wale nto uRobinson agxile kuyo kukutshintshela ekulimeni ngokunzulu kwesoya-ethe yashiya amafama amancinci amaninzi-kunye nokuveliswa kobisi, imithi yeziqhamo, ihorticulture kunye nezinye iinkozo. Imveliso yesoya ngoku inenzuzo kakhulu kunemveliso yokutya ukuze isetyenziswe ekuhlaleni, nto leyo ekhokelela ekunyukeni kwamazinga okungondleki kwiindawo ezivelisa isoya.
Izicwangciso zokwandisa imveliso ye-biofuel, uRobinson ubhala athi, "Inokubacima abavelisi abancinci nabaphakathi kwaye ihlanganise ubukhosi obutsha boshishino lwezolimo, i-biotechnology, ii-TNCs zemichiza kunye namayeza [iinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe] eMzantsi Melika. yokunciphisa amafutha asekelwe kwikhabhoni, kwaye siya kujongana nemeko-engekho ngqiqweni kuyo nayiphi na ingqiqo yentlalontle kodwa ihambelana nengqiqo yemali-apho iimoto ziza kuthatha indawo yabantu njengabathengi abaphambili bemveliso yehlabathi.
Ukongeza kwezi mveliso zintsha ze-agro-exports, ILatin America kunye neGlobal Capitalism ichaza ukusasazeka kwe-maquiladoras, ishishini labakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe, abasebenzi abathunyelwa kumazwe angaphandle, kunye neentlawulo ezivela phesheya ezithunyelwa ekhaya. Kwimpikiswano uyaphuhlisa nakwisifundo sakhe sika-2004 Ithiyori yeGlobal Capitalism: iMveliso, iKlasi, kunye neLizwe kwiLizwe leSizwe, URobinson uphikisa ngelithi udidi olutsha lobukapitali bezizwe ngezizwe luye lwacinezela ongxowankulu abazinze ngakumbi kuzwelonke kuMbindi Merika: โLa maqela matsha ezoqoqosho athambekele kwizizwe ngezizwe kunye nabantu ababalaseleyo kwezobupolitika bathimba igunya likarhulumente kumazwe ngamazwe ngeminyaka yee-1980 neyee-1990 baza basebenzisa elo gunya ukumanyanisa amazwe abo. kuqoqosho lwehlabathi olusakhulayo kunye noluntu zizinto ezibonakalayo zokudityaniswa kongxowankulu eLatin America.
URobinson akenzi mathambo malunga nokuba sisifundiswa esibandakanyekayo kwezopolitiko, okanye ukubumba umsebenzi wakhe ocokisekileyo, ongqongqo ngenjongo yokuba ube luncedo kwimizabalazo eqhubekayo ethandwayo. Uvakalelo lwakhe lucacile ngeentshukumo zochaso lwemveli azibhalayo eLatin America, kunye nentshukumo yamalungelo abaphambukeli eUnited States, kunye nenguqu eqhubekayo yaseBolivarian eVenezuela.