Steve Ellner

Steve Ellner
Ellner, July 2011
Occupation(s)	Professor, historian

Steve Ellner is an American professor who taught economic history and political science at the Universidad de Oriente (UDO) in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela from 1977 to 2003. He is the author of numerous books and journal articles on Venezuelan history, political parties, and organized labor.

As of 2025, Ellner is on the advisory board of Science & Society: A Journal of Marxist Thought and Analysis and is an Associate Managing Editor of the journal Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism.

Education and academic career

Ellner has a PhD from the University of New Mexico in Latin American history. ^[1]

Ellner taught economic history and political science at the Universidad de Oriente Venezuela beginning in 1977. ^[1] He has been a visiting professor at the Central University of Venezuela, Georgetown University, Duke University, Universidad de Buenos Aires, and Tulane University (in 2015). ^[1] He has also been a visiting professor at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY (2001), the Australian National University (2013) and has taught at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University (2011) and Johns Hopkins University (2012).^{[ citation needed ]}

He has been described by the Financial Times as a "leftist historian" and a "leftist political scientist", ^[2] and by The Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center's "Peace Train" in the Colorado Daily as a "U.S. radical who taught history in Venezuela for 26 years". ^[3]

Affiliations, contributions and appearances

Ellner is on the advisory board of Science & Society: A Journal of Marxist Thought and Analysis . ^[4] Since January 2019,^{[ citation needed ]} he is an Associate Managing Editor of the journal Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism and Socialism. ^[5]

In a 2025 debate over the government of Nicolás Maduro published in Latin American Perspectives, Ellner is included among leftists who have defended Maduro. ^[6]

Ellner is a contributor atCode Pink, ^[7] Common Dreams (where he also co-writes with Medea Benjamin of Code Pink), ^[8] Green Left , ^[9] In These Times , ^[10] MintPress News, ^[11] Monthly Review , ^[12] North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA), ^[13] Rebelion.org, ^[14] Venezuelanalysis, ^[15] and ZNetwork. ^[16]

At Democracy Now! Ellner has several appearances. ^[17]

Books

Ellner is the author of numerous books and journal articles on Venezuelan history, political parties, and organized labor. Many of his academic works have been translated and published in Spanish.

• Los partidos políticos y su disputa por el control del movimiento sindical en Venezuela, 1936-1948 (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, 1980).
• The Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation and the Debate over Government Policy in Basic Industry (University of Glasgow, 1987).
• Venezuela's Movimiento al Socialismo: From Guerrilla Defeat to Electoral Politics (Duke University, 1988). ISBN   0-8223-0808-8
• Generational Identification and Political Fragmentation in Venezuelan Politics in the Late 1960s (University of Akron-Allegheny, 1989).
• Organized Labor in Venezuela, 1958-1991: Behavior and Concerns in a Democratic Setting (Scholarly Resources, 1993). ISBN   0-8420-2443-3
• The Latin American Left: From the Fall of Allende to Perestroika, co-editor with Barry Carr (Westview, 1993). ISBN   0-8133-1200-0
• Venezuelan Politics in the Chávez Era: Class, Polarization and Conflict, co-editor with Daniel Hellinger (Lynne Rienner, 2003). ISBN   1-58826-108-5
• Neoliberalismo y Anti-Neoliberalismo en América Latina: El debate sobre estrategias. (Editorial Tropykos, 2006). ISBN   980-325-302-6
• Venezuela: Hugo Chávez and the Decline of an “Exceptional” Democracy,” co-editor with Miguel Tinker Salas (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007). ISBN   978-0-7425-5455-9
• Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict and the Chávez Phenomenon (Lynne Rienner, 2008). ISBN   978-1-58826-560-9
• El fenomeno Chávez: sus orígenes y su impacto (Editorial Tropykos, 2011). ISBN   978-980-724-837-2. Second edition: CELARG, 2014. ISBN   978-980-399-052-7
• Latin America’s Radical Left: Challenges and Complexities of Political Power in the Twenty-First Century, editor (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014). ISBN   978-1-4422-2949-5
• Latin America’s Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings, editor (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020). ISBN   9781538125632

References

1. "2015–2016 New faculty" (PDF). Tulane University. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
2. "Power crisis threatens Venezuelan recovery", Financial Times, January 11, 2010. "Venezuela attempts to quell violent protests", Financial Times, February 13, 2014.
3. "Peace Train: Venezuela and socialism", Colorado Daily, October 19, 2017. ProQuest   1952769575
4. The Editorial Board, Science & Society: A journal of Marxist Thought and Analysis, Retrieved on October 13, 2025.
5. "LAP Editors". Latin American Perspectives. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
6. "Political Report 1466: A Debate on the Left over the Nicolas Maduro Government" Latin American Perspectives.
7. Sample: "Redefining US-Latin American Relations: From Outdated Monroe Doctrine to a 21st Century Good Neighbor Policy" co-authored with Medea Benjamin. Code Pink. Enter "Steve Ellner" in search box for more Ellner articles.
8. Steve Ellner: Author, Common Dreams
9. Steve Ellner, Green Left
10. Steve Ellner: Author In These Times
11. Steve Ellner, Mint Press
12. Steve Ellner archives, Monthly Review
13. Steve Ellner: Author, NACLA,
14. Steve Ellner, Rebelion.org
15. Steve Ellner, Venezuelanalysis
16. Steve Ellner, author at Znetwork
17. Shows featuring Steve Ellner, Democracy Now!