A Japanese Approach to Stages of Capitalist Development - What Comes Next? (2nd ed. 2022)

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. 

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Insights into Apocalypse Economics
Release date:	July 2023
First published:	2022
Authors:	Robert Albritton
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Pages:	400
Edition:	2nd ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-099039-8
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books
LSN:	3-03-099039-7
Barcode:	9783030990398

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