Political Economy and Global Capitalism: The 21st Century, Present and Future (Anthem Politics and International Relations)

This volume brings together original and timely writings by internationally renowned scholars that reflect on the current trajectories of global capitalism and, in the light of these, consider likely, possible or desirable futures. Essays focus to varying degrees on developing distinctive theoretical frameworks and using them to clarify both the history of the present political economy and how progressive political economic trends might be extended from the present into the future. A distinctive feature of the collection is its effort to develop new mediations between theory and history, a deeply problematic relationship in the social sciences. These contributions offer original perspectives both to theory construction and to the use of theory in historical analysis. In short, this volume provides theory-informed writing that contextualizes empirical research on current world-historic events and trends with an eye towards realizing a future of human, social and economic betterment. Introduction : Political Economy And Global Capitalism / Robert Albritton, Robert Jessop & Richard Westra -- Theorizing The Contemporary World : Robert Brenner, Giovanni Arrighi, David Harvey / Moishe Postone -- Technological Dynamism And The Normative Justification Of Global Capitalism / Tony Smith -- Eating The Future : Capitalism Out Of Joint / Robert Albritton -- What Follows Neo-liberalism? : The Deepening Contradictions Of Us Domination And The Struggle For A New Global Order / Robert Jessop -- Monetary Policy In The Neo-liberal Transition : A Political Economy Critique Of Keynesianism, Monetarism And Inflation Targeting / Alfredo Saad Filho -- Volatile, Uneven And Combined Capitalism / Patrick Bond -- The Erosion Of Non-capitalist Institutions And The Reproduction Of Capitalism / David M. Kotz -- The Transformative Moment / Julie Matthaei & Barbara Brandt -- Frontiers Of Cadre Radicalization In Contemporary Capitalism / Kees Van Der Pijl -- Green Marxism And The Institutional Structure Of A Global Socialist Future / Richard Westra. Edited By Robert Albritton, Robert Jessop And Richard Westra. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This text brings together timely writings that reflect on the current trajectories of global capitalism, and consider likely, possible or desirable futures. Essays focus to varying degrees on developing distinctive theoretical frameworks and using them to clariffy both the histiry of the present political economy and how progressive political economic trends might be extended from the present into the future KMBT25020110728124857......Page p0001.djvu KMBT25020110728125327......Page p0041.djvu KMBT25020110728125702......Page p0074.djvu KMBT25020110728130026......Page p0105.djvu