Capital and Power (Routledge Revivals): Political Economy and Social Transformation - Hardcover

Girling, John

 
9780415589376: Capital and Power (Routledge Revivals): Political Economy and Social Transformation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415589371 ISBN 13: 9780415589376
Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

First published in 1987, this book comprises a critical evaluation of Marxist, Gramscian and pluralist theories of social development; the application of these theories, chiefly to Third World countries: hence consideration of the problems of ‘specificity’, general theory and social change. This is followed by an assessment of the stages of economic development in relation to state power and politics; and the role of the ‘external’: the impact of the world market economy and the security imperative.

The book is not a discussion of theory, but of theory-in-practice. Above all, it represents a continuing debate between Marxism and pluralism – on the themes of accumulation, power, legitimacy – resulting in convergence.

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John Girling

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415589371
ISBN 13 
9780415589376
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
244

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