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Record Nr.

UNINA9910735397103321

Autore

Albritton Robert <1941->

Titolo

A Japanese Approach to Stages of Capitalist Development : What Comes Next? / / by Robert Albritton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030990374

9783030990367

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Insights into Apocalypse Economics, , 2523-8116

Disciplina

335.412

330.122

Soggetti

Finance

Economics

Economics - History

Financial Economics

Political Economy and Economic Systems

History of Economic Thought and Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-385) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Stages of Capitalism: From Start to Finish -- Chapter 2. The Theory of a Purely Capitalist Society -- Chapter 3. Stage Theory -- Chapter 4. Historical Analysis as a Level of Political Economy -- Chapter 5. The Stage of Mercantilism -- Chapter 6. The Stage of Liberalism -- Chapter 7. The Stage of Imperialism -- Chapter 8 (contributed to by Richard Westra) The Stage of Consumerism -- Chapter 9 (written by Richard Westra) Neoliberalism as a Phase of Transition Toward Barbarism -- Chapter 10. For Better Lives On A Better Earth: Bringing Capitalism to an End -- Chapter 11. Concluding Words for the Future.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at York University, Canada. Richard Westra is University Professor in the Institute for Political Science at University of Opole, Poland and Adjunct Professor in the Center for Macau Studies, University of Macau.