The Political Economy of Imperialism: Critical Appraisals (Recent Economic Thought, 70)

This book brings together important essays by distinguished scholars who have devoted past attention to the study of imperialism and development. It comple­ ments an anthology of previously published essays that brings together important theoretical perspectives around the issues and debates on these themes; this volume will be published by Humanity Press (forthcoming). Both projects relate to a lengthy chapter "Theories of Imperialism," which will be published in my book The­ ories of Comparative Political Economy (Forthcoming). These projects represent a culmination of many years of teaching in both economics and political science. During that time I taught two political science courses on development and under­ development, but I was unable to convince my colleagues of the usefulness of a course on imperialism that linked historical issues and debates with the more recent developmental literature. When in 1990 I was welcomed into economics, my col­ leagues endorsed a graduate seminar on the political economy of imperialism. Thus, this volume evolved out of that experience in an effort to encourage new analysis that reflects retrospectively on past contributions as well as the prospects for impe­ rialism and development in the contemporary world. Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 Whatever Happened To Imperialism?....Pages 19-40 Imperialism Revisited....Pages 41-63 Imperialism in Retrospect....Pages 65-83 Hobson’s Imperialism : Its Historical Validity and Contemporary Relevance....Pages 85-109 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Early Marxist Critiques of Capitalist Development....Pages 113-126 Marxism and Eurocentric Diffusionism....Pages 127-140 Dependency and Imperialism in Latin America: New Horizons....Pages 141-154 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 Capitalism, Imperialism, Globalization....Pages 157-168 On the Pitfalls of Bourgeois Internationalism....Pages 169-179 Globalization: A Critical Analysis....Pages 181-213 Back Matter....Pages 215-270