A Theory of Imperialism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Theory of Imperialism write by Utsa Patnaik. This book was released on 2016-11-01. A Theory of Imperialism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In A Theory of Imperialism, economists Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik present a new theory of the origins and mechanics of capitalism that sounds an alarm about its ongoing viability. Their theory centers on trade between the core economies of the global North and the tropical and subtropical countries of the global South and considers how the Northern demand for commodities (such as agricultural products and oil) from the South has perpetuated and solidified an imperialist relationship. The Patnaiks explore the dynamics of this process and discuss innovations that could allow the economies of the South to achieve greater prosperity without damaging the economies of the North. The result is an original theory of imperialism that brings to light the crippling limitations of neoliberal capitalism. A Theory of Imperialism also includes a response by David Harvey, who interprets the agrarian system differently and sees other factors affecting trade between the North and the South. Their debate is one of the most provocative exchanges yet over the future of the global economy as resources grow thin, populations explode, and universal prosperity becomes ever more elusive.
Capital and Imperialism
Capital and Imperialism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Capital and Imperialism write by Utsa Patnaik. This book was released on 2021-03-02. Capital and Imperialism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive survey of capitalism's colonialist roots and uncertain future Those who control the world’s commanding economic heights, buttressed by the theories of mainstream economists, presume that capitalism is a self-contained and self-generating system. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this pathbreaking book—winner of the Paul A. Baran-Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award—radical political economists Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik argue that the accumulation of capital has always required the taking of land, raw materials, and bodies from noncapitalist modes of production. They begin with a thorough debunking of mainstream economics. Then, looking at the history of capitalism, from the beginnings of colonialism half a millennium ago to today’s neoliberal regimes, they discover that, over the long haul, capitalism, in order to exist, must metastasize itself in the practice of imperialism and the immiseration of countless people. A few hundred years ago, write the Patnaiks, colonialism began to ensure vast, virtually free, markets for new products in burgeoning cities in the West. But even after slavery was generally abolished, millions of people in the Global South still fell prey to the continuing lethal exigencies of the marketplace. Even after the Second World War, when decolonization led to the end of the so-called “Golden Age of Capitalism,” neoliberal economies stepped in to reclaim the Global South, imposing drastic “austerity” measures on working people. But, say the Patnaiks, this neoliberal economy, which lives from bubble to bubble, is doomed to a protracted crisis. In its demise, we are beginning to see—finally—the transcendence of the capitalist system.
Studies in the Theory of Imperialism
Studies in the Theory of Imperialism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Studies in the Theory of Imperialism write by Roger Owen. This book was released on 1972. Studies in the Theory of Imperialism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Compilation of conference papers on theories concerning imperialism (i. e. Colonialism and neo-colonialism or the historical and recent role of European capitalism in developing countries) - describes existing theories and shows how they could be made more relevant, and presents case studies illustrating how such theories can be used to elucidate historical problems. Annotated bibliography pp. 331 to 378, references and statistical tables. Conference held in Oxford 1969-1970.
Theories of Imperialism
Theories of Imperialism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theories of Imperialism write by Wolfgang J. Mommsen. This book was released on 1982-03-15. Theories of Imperialism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In recent years the discussion of imperialism has become so compartmentalized that it is difficult for somebody who is not directly involved to put the often polemical discussion and the various scientific and political positions forward into a relevant context. Mommsen's survey is an excellent guide."—German Studies, on the German edition. "Theories of Imperialism is the most succinct, fairest, and most sophisticated statement I have seen of the range of theories of imperialism. Each set of theorists is come at in their own terms, described fairly, and summarized fully. The book is objective, readable, and short."—Robin W. Winks, Yale University
Imperialism and Global Political Economy
Imperialism and Global Political Economy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Imperialism and Global Political Economy write by Alex Callinicos. This book was released on 2013-04-18. Imperialism and Global Political Economy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day. The global policies of the United States in the past decade have encouraged the widespread belief that we live in a new era of imperialism. But is this belief true, and what does ‘imperialism’ mean? Callinicos explores these questions in this wide-ranging book. In the first part, he critically assesses the classical theories of imperialism developed in the era of the First World War by Marxists such as Lenin, Luxemburg, and Bukharin and by the Liberal economist J.A. Hobson. He then outlines a theory of the relationship between capitalism as an economic system and the international state system, carving out a distinctive position compared to other contemporary theorists of empire and imperialism such as Antonio Negri, David Harvey, Giovanni Arrighi, and Ellen Wood. In the second half of Imperialism and Global Political Economy Callinicos traces the history of capitalist imperialism from the Dutch East India Company to the specific patterns of economic and geopolitical competition in the contemporary era of American decline and Chinese expansion. Imperialism, he concludes, is far from dead.
