Global Capitalism by Richard Peet
The global capitalism of today demands a re-examination of theories of societal development. This book critically surveys the various approaches made by social theory towards seeing history in terms of its regional dynamics. Environmental determinism, modernization theory, dependency and world systems perspectives are reviewed; Richard Peet argues that historical materialism continues to prove itself the capacious and dynamic model. A quick survey takes the reader through primitive communism, lineage societies and the various kinds of tributory modes, before capitalism is examined more closely in terms of the phases and forms of its past and present. Finally, the author develops his themes to reaffirm the value of structural Marxism to theories of global development. This book assumes no previous knowledge of the theories surveyed, tries to establish a sophisticated knowledge in a few pages, and then takes the reader along the pathways of societal development theory.Richard Peet is a geography professor at Clark University. He attended the LSE, the University of British Columbia, and the University of California, Berkeley after growing up near Liverpool. Development, policy regimes, globalization, power, social theory, philosophy, and Marxism are among his key interests. For many years, he was the editor of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography. He also co-edited Economic Geography and is now the editor of a new journal, Human Geography.
Richard Peet is a professor of geography at Clark University and the author of twelve books, including Theories of Development (2008) (co-authored with Elaine Hartwick), Liberation Ecologies (2004) (co-authored with Michael Watts), and Geographies of Power (2007). He attended the LSE, the University of British Columbia, and the University of California, Berkeley after growing up near Liverpool. Development, policy regimes, globalization, power, social theory, philosophy, and Marxism are among his key interests. For many years, he was the editor of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography.
He also co-edited Economic Geography and is now the editor of a new journal, Human Geography. He is the author of twelve works, including Theories of Development (2008) (co-authored with Elaine Hartwick), Liberation Ecologies (2004) (co-authored with Michael Watts), and Geographies of Power (2007).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415013154 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415013151 |
| Title | Global Capitalism |
| Author | Richard Peet |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1990-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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