This book offers a novel treatment of one of the most important and
long-standing research agendas in critical political economy: the
theorizing of stages of capitalist development. Albritton advances the
work of Japanese economist, Kozo Uno, to explore capital accumulation
and its ideological, legal and political supports, not only in the
stages of mercantilism, liberalism and imperialism, but also in the
post-World War II capitalist stage of consumerism. The power of
Albritton’s adoption of this Japanese approach resides in the crisp
clarity it achieves over the way stage theorizing of capitalism draws
on both economic theory and historical analysis. In the new, fully
revised edition, written with Richard Westra, two new chapters are
added. One meticulously examines the tendencies of capitalism
euphemized as globalization and financialization which followed the
crisis of the stage of consumerism. The other deals with current
threats to civilization posed by burgeoning militarism, environmental
destruction and climate apocalypse. The concluding chapter argues for
the necessity of major social change to ensure a liveable future for
humanity. The book will be of interest to researchers and students
of political economy and the history of economic thought, as well as a
wider audience interested in the transformation and crises of
capitalism.
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ISBN
9783030990374
Publisert
2022
Utgave
2. utgave
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Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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