Imperialism and transitions to socialism / edited by Rémy Herrera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herrera, Rémy, editor.

Series:

Research in political economy ; Volume 36.

Research in Political Economy ; Volume 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Imperialism.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2021]

Summary:

This collection of essays is designed to shed light on the issues of imperialism and the transitions to socialism. Delving into the theoretical aspects, whose analysis is key for understanding the subject under consideration, and practical experiences of socialist transition in China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Series Editor

Editorial Advisory Board

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

About the Editor

About the Contributors

List of Contributors

Preface

Part I: Theoretical Elements

Chapter 1: Abstract Labor and Imperialism

Introduction

Abstract Labor and Physiological Expenditure

Abstract Labor and Rationalization of the Production Process

Abstract Labor and Dematerialization of Concrete Labor

Abstract Labor and Socially Equalized Labor

Marx's Conception of Abstract Labor

Productive and Unproductive Labor

Crisis and Imperialism

Conclusion

References

Chapter 2: Imperialism and Working-class Agency

The Economic Struggle and the Political Struggle

Their Politics and Ours

Spontaneity Versus Consciousness

Conclusion: The Seven Dimensions of Socialism

Socialism is the End of "the Prehistory of Human Society"

Socialism is, Above All, the Eradication of Imperialism

Chapter 3: The Imperialist Multinational: Concentration, Fiction or Rent?

Review of Two Recent Contributions

Bakan's "New" Corporation

Whyte's Corporate Ecocide

Deeper into Capital

From Concentration to CentraliZation

Marx's Arresting Ambiguity

Back to Volume 1: CentraliZation of Capital as the Threshold of Revolution

Engels Additions to Volume 3 on Corporate Imperialism

Fictitious Capital

Rent as Corporate Surplus Profits

Differential Rent in Marx

Differential Technological Rents as Surplus Profits

Absolute Rent in Marx

Cheaper Labor as an Extension of Absolute Rent

Some Preliminary Exemplars of a Marxist Approach

Multinational Investment Strategies

Two British Neo-colonial Corporations

Conclusion: Multinational Corporate Imperialism - Reform or Revolution?

References.

Chapter 4: Unequal Exchange and Global Value Chains

Introduction: Global Value Chains and the New International Division of Labor

A Model of Unequal Exchange with GVCs

The Dimension of Value Transfers: An Empirical Analysis

Some Concluding Remarks

Appendix: Country's Classification in Geographical Regions

Chapter 5: The Transition Toward a Post-capitalist Economic Rationality

Conceptualizing Productive and Unproductive Labor

Productive and Unproductive Labor in the Service Sector

Living Labor Versus Materialized Labor and Unproductive Consumption

Destructive Consumption of Means of Consumption

Destructive Consumption of Nature

Destructive Consumption of Means of Production

Consumption of the Means of Destruction

The Military-Industrial Complex in a Closed Economy, then in an Open Economy

Capitalism without Accumulation of Capital: Fictitious Capital

Conclusion: The Transition to a New Economic Rationality

Chapter 6: Study on the Evolution of China's Economic Structure (From 1952 to 2014) - Analysis of the Role of Profit Rate by Impulse Response Functions

Capital Stock Data and Profit Rate Calculation

Econometric Modeling Framework

Empirical Estimations

Wald Tests in Unrestricted Dynamic System

Granger Causality Tests and Wald Tests in Bivariate VAR Models

Conditions of the Long-term Constraints

Institutional Dummies and Periodization

Bayesian Analysis and Sub-periodization (1993-2014)

Part II: Practical Experiences

Chapter 7: Land Revolution and Local Governance: Socialist Transformation in China

Introduction: Big Country, Small Peasantry

Financial Globalization in Crisis

Exclusive Global Financial Regime

New Cold War Amid the Pandemic

Socialist Alternative Path.

The Strategy of Rural Vitalization

Ecological Civilization

Case 1: Zhoujiazhuang Commune

Case 2: Puhan Rural Community

Chapter 8: Imperialism and Transition to Socialism in Vietnam

Introduction: The August Revolution and the Founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Thirty Years of Resistance for National Independence

Two Difficult Decades after the Wars

The Doi Moi (Renewal) Process and the Socialist-oriented Market Economy

On Political System and the Rule-based Socialist State

Foreign Policy

Chapter 9: A Testimony on the "Juche" Thought in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Chapter 10: Imperialism and the Transition to Socialism in Cuba

Introduction: The Inherent Conflict Between Imperialism and a Transition to Socialism

Six Decades of Imperialism's Aggression against Cuba's Project to Build Socialism

The Effect of Imperialism's Unrelenting Aggression on Cuba's Ability to Choose How to Try to Build Socialism

The Cost to Cuba of the US Blockade

The "Hyper-centralization" of the Process of Transition to Socialism

The Use of "Capitalist-like" Methods to Build Socialism

Chapter 11: The Venezuelan Oil and the US Imperialism (1920-2020)

US Monopoly Capital and the Development of Venezuela's Capitalist Structure (1920-1950)

The World Economy, Monopoly Capital, and Changes in Venezuela's Economic Structure (1950-1980)

Crisis and Transformations of the World Economy: Effects on the Venezuelan Economy Since 1979

Economic Transformations and Political Crisis in Venezuela (1980-1999)

The Arrival of Chavismo to Power and the Contradictions with the Dominant Classes (1999-2012)

Contradictions of US Monopoly Capital with the Chavista Transition Project (1999-2012).

Exacerbation of the Contradictions Between the Chavista Project and the United States (2015-2020)

Chapter 12: The Citizens' Revolution in Ecuador and THE US Imperialism

A Dependent Economy

The Dependent Structures of Ecuador and Structural Heterogeneity

External Decision Centers

Box 1. Ecuador's Dependence in A Few Figures (2018)

The Long-term Behavior of the Ecuadorian Economy

Medium Term Dynamics

The Project of Transition to Socialism of the Citizens' Revolution

Regaining the Sovereignty of the Country

The Anti-oligarchic "New Deal" of the Citizens' Revolution

The Renewal of Social Policies

Reinforced Planning

The Heart of the Project: The Transformation of the "Productive Matrix" and its Limits

An Eclectic Project

Struggles Around the Definition of the Project and Institutional Paralysis

Public Policies for Transforming the Productive Matrix

The Developmentalist Fantasy Facing Industrial and Technological Dependence

The Cycle

Economic Dynamics

Social and Political Dynamics

"Citizen Bourgeoisie" and "Reformist Technocracy"

Chapter 13: Brazil: Impeachment and the Conflicting Relationship Between the Dilma Rousseff Government and the National Congress

The Lula da Silva Government'S Adaptive Strategy

The Conflictive Relationship between the Dilma Rousseff Government and the National Congress

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80043-704-8

OCLC:

1271383944