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Zusatztext Richard Westra presents strong argumentsto 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. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
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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.
