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Ronald H. Chilcote

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Ronald H. Chilcote
Born (1935-02-20) February 20, 1935 (age 89)
Cleveland, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Riverside

Ronald H. Chilcote (born February 20, 1935) is a political economist from the United States. He is currently the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Riverside, and has served as managing editor of the academic journal Latin American Perspectives since its founding in 1974. Chilcote's main area of research is on Brazil, Portugal and the former Portuguese colonies in Africa, as well as comparative politics, political economy and development theory.

Career

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Journal editorship: Latin American Perspectives

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In 1974, Chilcote was a founder of the academic journal Latin American Perspectives (LAP), focused on critical theoretical and empirical work related to Latin America, which had few academic outlets in the United States at that time.[1] It was organized as an independent editorial collective, with Chilcote serving as the elected managing editor from its founding to the present. It emphasized scholarship that analyzes national and transnational systems of power and the movements for structural transformation, social justice and human rights in Latin America. The founders published work from a range of approaches, including Marxism, and also brings the work of Latin American scholars to an English-speaking readership, including translating Spanish and Portuguese manuscripts.

The first issue of the journal focused on the debates within dependency theory in Latin America, with a lead article by Chilcote, "Dependency: A Critical Synthesis of the Literature",[2][non-primary source needed] and contributions from leading Latin American theorists. In the Summer-Fall 1981 edition, Chilcote explored the relationship of dependency and Marxism.[3][non-primary source needed] A consistent proponent of class analysis, Chilcote critiqued the neo-Marxist and postmodernist theoretical currents that developed as approaches to new social movements, as expressed in his lead article in LAP's 1990 thematic issue on "Post-Marxism, the Left, and Democracy".[4][non-primary source needed] Since the setbacks for Latin American revolutionary movements and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the journal's content reflected the shift toward critical analysis of the ascendant Washington Consensus around neoliberalism and the resistance to it by social movements. LAP approached neoliberal globalization from the perspective of imperialism and class analysis, as illustrated by Chilcote's article "Globalization or Imperialism?" in the November 2002 issue.[5][non-primary source needed]

Scholarly research and writing

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Chilcote is the author of over 200 academic publications, including books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed journal articles, with emphasis on comparative politics, political economy, and development economics. He was one of the earliest U.S. scholars to assess Latin American dependency theory,[citation needed] as in his lead article in the first issue of Latin American Perspectives, "Dependency: A Critical Synthesis of the Literature."[2] He also edited and/or contributed to several additional LAP issues on the subject. He wrote a book on the topic, Latin America: The Struggle with Dependency and Beyond (1974), edited with his student and colleague Joel Edelstein, which was used as a college text and went through eight printings. His Theories of Comparative Politics was used for advanced graduate study in the United States, and he wrote two books on comparative political economy as well as an anthology of retrospective essays on imperialism.

Research archives and fellowship

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Archive collections

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Chilcote donated more than 12,000 books and other research materials to the UCR library to establish the Ronald H. Chilcote collection on the politics, economy, and history of Latin America, Portugal, and Portuguese-speaking Africa.[6][non-primary source needed] The collection includes rare books and periodicals on Brazilian left movements; approximately 4,000 literary pamphlets of social poetry, drawn from the singing and writing of troubadours (Cordel); books, ephemera, and research, including written and audio interviews, on Northeast Brazil, in particular its hinterland or sertão; books and pamphlets on the Portuguese revolution of 1974-1975 and its aftermath, including audio interviews and transcripts with participants; comprehensive writings by and about the revolutionary, Amílcar Cabral; pamphlets, leaflets, films, and newspaper clippings on Central American political and resistance movements as well as covert and overt cases of intervention in Latin America; audio cassettes, videotapes, and books on the Iran-Contra Affair; and materials on the Southern Cone, especially Chile.

Selected publications

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  • Portuguese Africa. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall 1967. Pp. 149.
  • (Editor). Protest and Resistance in Angola and Brazil: Comparative Essays. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1972. Pp. 317. Contributed introduction, pp. 1–8 and Chapter 12, pp. 243–302.
  • (Editor). Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa: Documents. Stanford Stanford University, 1973. Pp. 642. Contributed introduction, pp. 17–57.
  • (Editor with Joel C. Edelstein, Joel). Latin America: The Struggle with Dependency and Beyond. Cambridge and New York: Schenkman and John Wiley & Sons, 1974. Pp. 781. Contributed introduction, pp. 1–87.
  • The Brazilian Communist Party: Conflict and Integration, 1922-1972. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974. Pp. 361.
  • Theories of Comparative Politics: The Search for a Paradigm, Boulder, Colorado. Westview Press, 1981. Pp. 480.
  • (Editor and contributor). Dependency and Marxism: Toward a Resolution of the Debate. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1982. Pp. 179.
  • (Editor with Dale Johnson - editors and contributors). Theories of Development: Mode of Production or Dependency?. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 1983. Contributed "Introduction."
  • (Editor and contributor). Brazil in Crisis. Special Issue of Latin American Perspectives, Issue 40 (Winter 1984), 1-144.
  • (Editor and contributor). Unity and Struggle: Reassessing the Thought of Amílcar Cabral. Special Issue of Latin American Perspectives, Issue 41 (Spring 1984), 1-104.
  • Theories of Development and Underdevelopment. Boulder: Westview Press, 1984, Pp. 179.
  • With Joel C. Edelstein. Latin America: Capitalist and Socialist Perspectives of Development and Underdevelopment. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986. Pp. 175.
  • Power and the Ruling Classes in Northeast Brazil: Juazeiro and Petrolina in Transition. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. 383.
  • Chilcote, S. Hadjiyannis, Fred A. López, Daniel Nataf, and Elizabeth Sammis. Transitions from Dictatorship to Democracy: Comparative Studies of Spain, Portugal, and Greece. New York: Taylor and Francis, 1990. Pp. 220. Contributed Preface, Chapters 1 and 5.
  • (Editor and contributor). Post-Marxism, the Left, and Democracy. Special Issue of Latin American Perspectives, Issue 65, 17 (Spring 1990), 1- 128.
  • Amílcar Cabral's Revolutionary Theory and Practice. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1991.
  • Theories of Comparative Politics: The Search for a Paradigm Revisited. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994, Second edition, substantial revision and update of 1981 edition. Pp. 421.
  • (Editor), The Political Economy of Imperialism. Kluwer Academic Press, 1999. Pp. 270. Paperback Edition: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. Includes Preface, pp. vii and "Introduction" pp. 19–40.
  • (Editor). Imperialism. Theoretical Directions. Amherst, New York: Humanity Press, 2000.
  • Comparative Inquiry in Politics and Political Economy: Theories and Issues. Boulder: Westview Press, 2000. Pp. 216
  • Theories of Comparative Political Economy: Theories and Directions. Boulder: Westview Press, 2000. Pp. 316.
  • Nature's Laguna Wilderness. Laguna Beach: Laguna Wilderness Press, 2003. Pp. 96.
  • Development in Theory and Practice: Latin American Perspectives. Lanham, Md: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2003. Pp. 394.
  • (Editor). Alternatives to Neoliberalism in Latin America. Selected Papers from Latin American Perspectives. Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2004. Pp. 334.
  • (Editor). Wind River Wilderness. Laguna Beach: Laguna Wilderness Press, 2006. Pp. 144.
  • The Portuguese Revolution: State and Class in the Transition to Democracy. Lanham, Ms: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010. Pp. 316. A revolução portuguesa. Porto: Afrontamento, 2014
  • (Editor). The Wild Wyoming Range. Laguna Beach: Laguna Wilderness Press, 2013. Pp. 120.
  • (Editor) Sabino Osuna's Photography At the Hour of Combat: Sabino: Osuna's Photographs of the Mexican Revolution, Laguna Beach: Laguna Wilderness Press, 2012, Pp. 120.
  • Intellectuals and the Search for a National Identity in Brazil. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. 288.
  • The Laguna Wilderness. Laguna Beach: Laguna Wilderness Press, 2014. Pp. 120.

References

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  1. ^ Abu-El-Haj, Jawdat (November 2013). "A Progressive Collective Intellectual and Its Social Knowledge". Latin American Perspectives. 40 (6): 13–55. doi:10.1177/0094582X13505447. S2CID 145164524.
  2. ^ a b Chilcote, Ronald H. (March 1974). "Dependency: a Critical Synthesis of the Literature". Latin American Perspectives. 1 (1): 4–29. doi:10.1177/0094582X7400100101. S2CID 144311109.
  3. ^ Chilcote, Ronald H. (ed.). "Dependency and Marxism". Latin American Perspectives (July 1981): 3–4.
  4. ^ Chilcote, Ronald H. (April 1990). "Post-Marxism: The Retreat from Class in Latin America". Latin American Perspectives. 17 (2): 3–24. doi:10.1177/0094582X9001700201. S2CID 144812512.
  5. ^ Chilcote, Ronald H. (November 2002). "Globalization or Imperialism?". Latin American Perspectives. 29 (6): 80–84. doi:10.1177/0094582X0202900607. S2CID 143584352.
  6. ^ "Ronald H. Chilcote Collection on Latin America, Collection 012, University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives" (PDF). Retrieved 16 July 2015.
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