Periodizing Capitalism and Capitalist Extinction

Author:   Richard Westra
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
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9783030143923


Pages:   270
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
Format:   Paperback
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This book offers the first systematic exposition and critique of the major approaches to periodizing capitalism, bringing to bear both deep rooted theoretical questions and meticulous empirical analysis to grapple with the seismic economic changes capitalism has experienced over the past 150 years. Westra asks why – despite the anarchic and crises tendencies captured in radical analyses – capitalism manages to reload in a structured stage that realizes a period of relatively stable accumulation. He further evaluates arguments over the economic forces bringing stages of capitalist development to a crashing end. Particular attention in the periodization literature is devoted to examining the economy of the post World War II golden age and what followed its unceremonious demise. The final chapters assess whether what is variously dubbed neoliberalism, globalization or financialization can be understood as a stage of capitalism or, rather, an era of capitalist disintegration and extinction.  

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Author:   Richard Westra
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030143923


ISBN 10:   3030143929
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Periodizing Capitalism.- Chapter 2: Capitalist Development and Theories of Imperialism.- Chapter 3: From Monopoly to “Late” Capitalism.- Chapter 4: Periodizing Really Existing Capitalism of the 1980s and 1990s.- Chapter 5: Regulation School, Social Structures of Accumulation, and Intermediate Theory.- Chapter 6: The Japanese Uno-Sekine Approach to Marxian Political Economy.- Chapter 7: Problematizing Capitalism in the Era of Globalization and Financialization.- Chapter 8: Landlordization of Capitalism and Extinction of an Economic Species.- Chapter 9: Concluding Words.

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“This is a valuable contribution to the English-lanugage legacy of the thought of Kozo Uno– an almost criminally underrated school of thought.” (Marx and Philosophy, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, February 20, 2020)


This is a valuable contribution to the English-lanugage legacy of the thought of Kozo Uno- an almost criminally underrated school of thought. (Marx and Philosophy, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, February 20, 2020)


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Richard Westra is International Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Macau Studies, University of Macau, China SAR. He has been a Designated Professor at the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, Canada. He is Author or Editor of 17 books and scores of articles and chapters in peer reviewed outlets.

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