William I. Robinson is an American professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His work focuses on political economy, globalization, Latin America and historical materialism. He is a member of the International Parliamentary and Civil Society Mission to Investigate the Political Transition in Iraq.

A scathing indictment of neoliberal globalization from an explicitly anti-capitalist perspective... An exemplary treatment of Latin America’s present day political economy and social predicaments.
(Jeffery R. Webber Monthly Review)


An important book for anyone interested in where our imperiled planet is headed. Robinson... is admirably thorough in his overview of the direction capitalism has taken in Latin America since the 1970s.
(Ben Terrall San Francisco Bay Guardian)


Robinson's latest book offers brilliant insight into the underlying causes and current dilemmas of globalization.
(James M. Cypher NACLA Report on the Americas)


This book is a must read, not only for Latin American specialists, but for all those who draw the connection between political economy at the world level and strategies for change.
(Steve Ellner Science and Society)


An important contribution to globalization studies.
(Benjamin Kohl Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record)


His heterodox and challenging views make provocative reading.
(Carlos Davila Business History Review)


William I. Robinson has demonstrated once again his importance as a theorist and socially committed academic with his book Latin America and Global Capitalism. This book is a 'must-read' for any scholar interested in the dynamics of contemporary capitalism as well as its specific features in Latin America.
(David Martin and Raul Delgado Wise International Journal of Comparative Sociology)


William I. Robinson has delivered us a powerful statement on contemporary Latin America as both a product of globalization and a challenge to the view that 'there is no alternative.' This is a wide ranging political economy which is both well researched and eminently readable. A must!
(Ronaldo Munck, author of Contemporary Latin America)


Building on his pathbreaking work on emerging transnational states, classes, and relations of production, William Robinson reveals the deepening, overlapping, and ultimately unsustainable global crises of legitimacy, overaccumulation, and polarization. Robinson argues with great analytical lucidity that Latin America's current 'left turn,' more than a manifestation of turbulence, is a struggle over the shape of the new world to come.
(Greg Grandin, author of Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism)


Robinson's book is a model for critical globalization studies—empirically grounded and theoretically sophisticated. He shows us how Latin America is on the frontlines in the struggle to determine what will succeed the neoliberal paradigm of the capitalist global order.
(Michael Hardt, coauthor of Empire and Multitude)


A provocative and worthwhile read for those interested in the political economy of Latin America as well as the processes of globalization.
(Sean Burges International Affairs)