Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity
Author | : William I. Robinson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2014-07-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781316062555 |
ISBN-13 | : 1316062554 |
Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This exciting new study provides an original and provocative exposé of the crisis of global capitalism in its multiple dimensions - economic, political, social, ecological, military, and cultural. Building on his earlier works on globalization, William I. Robinson discusses the nature of the new global capitalism, the rise of a globalized production and financial system, a transnational capitalist class, and a transnational state and warns of the rise of a global police state to contain the explosive contradictions of a global capitalist system that is crisis-ridden and out of control. Robinson concludes with an exploration of how diverse social and political forces are responding to the crisis and alternative scenarios for the future.