Henry Veltmeyer

Veltmeyer received his Licenciatura in linguistics (1970) at the Universidad de Guayaquíl, Ecuador, his M.A. in Education & Social Sciences (1970) and a second M.A. in Latin American studies (1971) at the University of Alabama, and his PhD in political science (1976) at McMaster University. He joined the faculty of sociology at Saint Mary's University (SMU) in 1976 and founded the programme in International Development Studies at SMU in 1985.{{Cite web |url=http://fgsr.smu.ca/facultybios/Dr.%20Henry%20Veltmeyer.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706203507/http://fgsr.smu.ca/facultybios/Dr.%20Henry%20Veltmeyer.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead }}

Veltmeyer's thematic focus in recent years has been on globalization and development. Other areas of research and writing include new social movements, political economy of development, the 2007–2008 world food price crisis, local development, and corporate power.

In 2004, Veltmeyer joined the faculty of the Unidad Académica en Estudios de Desarrollo at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas as adjunct professor.

Veltmeyer was the driving force behind the creation of the Critical Development Studies Network (CDS) on 21 October 2006, with the issuance of the Halifax Communiqué.http://gcds.pbworks.com/HalifaxCommunique not to be confused with the 21st G7 summit Communiqué issued in 1995.

In 2009, Veltmeyer assumed the presidency of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development,{{cite web |url=http://www.casid-acedi.ca/ |title=Home |website=casid-acedi.ca}} after serving as vice-president for the previous year. His term expired with the CASID 2010 AGM.{{Cite web |url=http://www.casid-acedi.ca/index.php?q=executive |title=Officers of the CASID Executive, 2010-2011 | CASID / ACÉDI |access-date=2010-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615220714/http://www.casid-acedi.ca/index.php?q=executive |archive-date=2011-06-15 |url-status=dead }}

• "[https://brill.com/view/title/19535 The Cuban Revolution as Socialist Human Development.]" Leiden: Brill Publishers. Coauthor Mark Rushton. (2011) {{ISBN|978-90-04-21043-1}}
• "Social Movements in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization: The People Strike Back." Palgrave Macmillan. Co-author James Petras. (2010) (in press)
• "[https://brill.com/view/title/17392 Imperialism, Crisis and Class Struggle: The Verities of Capitalism.]" Leiden: Brill Publishers. (Editor). (2010)
• "Critical Development Studies: Tools for Change." Fernwood Books / London: Pluto Press (Editor). (2010)
• "What's Left in Latin America?" Ashgate Publishing. Coauthor James Petras. (2009) {{ISBN|978-0-7546-7797-0}}
• "Multinationals on Trial: Foreign Investment Matters." London: Ashgate Publishing. Coauthor James Petras. (2007) {{ISBN|978-0-7546-4949-6}}
• "Empire with Imperialism: The Globalizing Dynamics of Neoliberal Capitalism." Zed Books. Coauthors James Petras, Luciano Vasapollo and Mauro Casadio. (2006) {{ISBN|978-1-84277-669-8}}
• "From the Net to the Net: Atlantic Canada and the Global Economy."[http://www.utphighereducation.com/pages.php?pageid=12 Garamond Press] (Editor) Coeditor James Sacouman. (2005) {{ISBN|978-1-55193-051-0}}
• "A System in Crisis: The Dynamics of Free Market Capitalism." Zed Books. Coauthor James Petras. (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-84277-364-2}}
• "Transcending Neoliberalism: Community -Based Development in Latin America." Kumarian Press. (Editor) Coeditor Anthony M. O'Malley (2001). {{ISBN|978-1-56549-124-3}}
• "Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century". Zed Books. Coauthor James Petras. (2001) {{ISBN|978-1-85649-939-2}}
• "The Labyrinth of Latin American Development." New Delhi, A. P. H. Publishing Corporation. (1999) {{ISBN|978-81-7648-139-7}}

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• [https://www.smu.ca/academic/arts/sociology/bios/veltmeyer.html Dr. Henry Veltmeyer at Sociology Dept., Saint Mary's University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927205613/http://www.smu.ca/academic/arts/sociology/bios/veltmeyer.html |date=2011-09-27 }}
• [http://criticaldevelopmentstudies.org/ Critical Development Studies Network]
• [http://www.casid-acedi.ca Canadian Association for the Study of International Development]

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