Globalization: A Systematic Marxian Account

by Tony Smith

Book Overview

Part One of this book examines the social-state, neoliberal, catalytic-state, and democratic-cosmopolitan models of globalisation. Each necessarily tends to function in a manner contradicting essential claims made by its leading advocates. This "immanent contradiction" provides a theoretical warrant for moving to a new position, addressing the shortcomings of the previous framework. The first three chapters of Part Two are devoted to a Marxian model...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608460231
• ISBN13: 9781608460236
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"