Political Economy and Global Capitalism (eBook, PDF)

The 21st Century, Present and Future
Redaktion: Albritton, Robert; Westra, Richard; Jessop, Bob

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together original and timely writings by internationally renowned scholars that reflect on the current trajectories of global capitalism and, in the light of these, consider likely, possible or desirable futures. Essays focus to varying degrees on developing distinctive theoretical frameworks and using them to clarify both the history of the present political economy and how progressive political economic trends might be extended from the present into the future. A distinctive feature of the collection is its effort to develop new mediations between theory and history, a deeply problematic relationship in the social sciences. These contributions offer original perspectives both to theory construction and to the use of theory in historical analysis. In short, this volume provides theory-informed writing that contextualizes empirical research on current world-historic events and trends with an eye towards realizing a future of human, social and economic betterment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857286758
• Artikelnr.: 44360938

Autorenporträt

Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science at York University. Bob Jessop is Professor of Sociology at the University of Lancaster. Richard Westra is Associate Professor of the Division of International and Area Studies at Pukyong National University, South Korea.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Political Economy and Global Capitalism
Theorizing the Contemporary World
Technological Dynamism and the Normative Justification of Global Capitalism
Eating the Future: Capitalism Out of Joint
What follows Neo-liberalism? The Deepening Contradictions of US Domination and the Struggle for a New Global Order
Monetary Policy in the Neo-liberal Transition: A Political Economy Critique of Keynesianism, Monetarism and Inflation Targeting
Volatile, Uneven and Combined Capitalism
The Erosion of Non-Capitalist Institutions and the Reproduction of Capitalism
The Transformative Moment
Frontiers of Cadre Radicalization in Contemporary Capitalism
Green Marxism and the Institutional Structure of a Global Socialist Future
Index