1st Edition

Capitalism, Dependency and Ultra-Imperialism Political Economy of the Capitalist International System

By Hartmut Elsenhans Copyright 2024
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

This book assembles main contributions to an alternative explanation of globalisation and the political economic structures of the international system. As the result of capitalism, globalisation does not transfer basic capitalist structures from the Centre to the Periphery. Capitalism is based on rising mass incomes that create investment opportunities and, thus, the possibility of profit. A... Read more

Introduction: On the Genesis of a Heterodox Approach

1. The International System at the Crossroads of Rent and Profit

2. Equality and Development

3. Dependency, Rent and Autonomy

4. Ultra-imperialism, Ultra-reaction and Ultra-Stability

5. A Fissured, Not-So-Capitalist World System

References

Biography

Hartmut Elsenhans, Professor Emeritus of International Political Economy at the University of Leipzig, specialising in transitions to capitalism, development, global power structures, and Algeria. His teaching assignments and field research have taken him to Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, North America, France, and Vietnam. His recent publications include Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists (2015), Development, Capitalism and Rent (with Hannes Warnecke-Berger) (2021), and Capitalism, Development and the Empowerment of Labour (2022).