Catherine Samary

Who is Catherine Samary?

Catherine Samary is a lecturer at the Dauphine University, Paris and previously a central leader of the reunified Fourth International. She is a co-founder of its largest section, the Revolutionary Communist League.

Catherine received her PhD in economics in 1986, at the University of Paris X: Nanterre. She was later a research associate at the Institut du Monde Soviétique et d'Europe Centrale et Orientale. Her research focuses on five themes:

theoretical and practical questions of socialism

analysis of socialist experiences and in particular, the implications of their reforms and crises pertaining to Yugoslavia and other nations

issues concerning planning, market relationship of property, democracy

globalisation and the capitalist restoration - comparative aspects, theoretical questions

criteria of efficiency and social justice in economy

She is a regular contributor to Le Monde Diplomatique, International Viewpoint and Tout est à Nous. She is the author of numerous books, which are listed below:

Dissertation on the Yugoslav reforms from 1947 to 1980; later published as Le marche contre l'autogestion.