Utsa Patnaik, Prabhat Patnaik (Jawaharlal Nehru University Professor Emeritus)

A Theory of Imperialism

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Produktbeschreibung

A concise theory of historical and contemporary imperialism based on the prices of agricultural products and their movement from the underdeveloped to the developed world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 335g
• ISBN-13: 9780231179799
• ISBN-10: 0231179790
• Artikelnr.: 45002279

Autorenporträt

Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik. With a commentary from David Harvey and a foreword by Akeel Bilgrami

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by Akeel Bilgrami
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Threat of Increasing Supply Price
3. Coping with the Threat
4. The Reserve Army of Labour in the Periphery
5. Capitalism, Poverty, and Inequality
6. Further Elaborations and Clarifications
7. Metropolitan Demand on Tropical Landmass: The Empirical Picture
8. The International Monetary System: Some Issues in Political Economy
9. Some Concluding Remarks
A Commentary on A Theory of Imperialism, by David Harvey
A Response to David Harvey's Comments
Notes
References
Index

Rezensionen

"A highly original, powerfully presented, and extremely thought-provoking new theory of imperialism that will force anyone concerned with the question of imperialism to rethink their own presuppositions." - Robert Pollin, University of Massachusetts-Amherst