The implosion of contemporary capitalism / Samir Amin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amin, Samir.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Economic development.

Economic history--21st century.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Monthly Review Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Renowned political economist Samir Amin, engaged in a uniquelifelong effort both to narrate and affect the human condition on aglobal scale, brings his analysis up to the present-the world of2013. The key events of our times-financial crisis, the emergingnations, globalization, financialization, political Islam, Euro-zoneimplosion-are related in a coherent, historically based, account. Changes in contemporary capitalism require an updating of definitionsand analysis of social classes, class struggles, politicalparties, social movements and the ideological forms in which theyexpress their mod

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Capitalism in the Age of Generalized Monopolies; 2. The South: Emerging Countries and Lumpen-Development; 3. China: The Emerging Country; 4. Implosion of the European System; 5. The Socialist Alternative: Challenges for the Radical Left; Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781583674222

1583674225

9781583674239

1583674233