Richard Westra

Political Economy and Globalization

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based upon distinguishing capitalism from other economic systems, as well as analysis of capitalist change across its stages of development, this title argues that the economic tendencies we refer to as globalization constitute a world historic transition away from capitalism.

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This book provides an analysis of capitalism's world historic phases of development, a critique of the globalization literature and a re-examination of Marxian debates over the rise of capitalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9780415470223
• ISBN-10: 0415470226
• Artikelnr.: 23605191

Autorenporträt

Richard Westra has taught around the world including Queen's University and Royal Military College, Canada, International Study Center, East Sussex UK, College of The Bahamas, Nassau and Pukyong National University, South Korea. He has been a Visiting Research Fellow at Focus on the Global South/Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand. Currently he is Associate Professor of Political Science, Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Political Economy and Globalization 2. Specifying the
Constant of Capitalism in the Theory of a Bourgeois Utopia 3. Periodizing
Capitalism and the World Historic Transmutability of Capital 4.
Globalization and the Retreat of Capital to the Interstices of the World 5.
Barbarism or Socialism in the World beyond Capital 6. Conclusion

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1. Introduction: Political Economy and Globalization 2. Specifying the Constant of Capitalism in the Theory of a Bourgeois Utopia 3. Periodizing Capitalism and the World Historic Transmutability of Capital 4. Globalization and the Retreat of Capital to the Interstices of the World 5. Barbarism or Socialism in the World beyond Capital 6. Conclusion

Rezensionen

"Richard Westra presents strong arguments to support his claim that far from being a retrenchment of capitalism, the neo-liberal era represents a transition away from capitalism. His book is a must read for anyone interested in the general course of the global capitalist economy after World War II." - Robert Albritton, Professor Emeritus, York University, Toronto, Canada.

"Political Economy and Globalization is a thorough treatment of a topic that demands theoretically informed analysis, reflection and political action. After all, the end of capitalism and the avoidance of barbarism are not trifling or transitory issues." - Kevin Hewson, Department of Asian Studies, Singapore Management University and University of North Carolina; Journal of Contemporary Asia, 42:4, 733-736 (2012).

"Richard Westra presents strong arguments to support his claim that far from being a retrenchment of capitalism, the neo-liberal era represents a transition away from capitalism. His book is a must read for anyone interested in the general course of the global capitalist economy after World War II." - Robert Albritton, Professor Emeritus, York University, Toronto, Canada.

"Political Economy and Globalization is a thorough treatment of a topic that demands theoretically informed analysis, reflection and political action. After all, the end of capitalism and the avoidance of barbarism are not trifling or transitory issues." - Kevin Hewson, Department of Asian Studies, Singapore Management University and University of North Carolina; Journal of Contemporary Asia, 42:4, 733-736 (2012).