The Internationalization of Capital:

Imperialism and Capitalist Development on a World Scale

The expansion of capitalism in the world economy has had a powerful impact on less developed countries in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The Internationalization of Capital explores the nature of capitalist expansion, providing a wealth of up-to-date empirical data combined with incisive theoretical analyses of the dynamics of international capitalism within a comparative-historical framework. The author uses a class analysis approach to the social, economic, and political problems of Third World countries, as well as those of Europe, North America, and other advanced capitalist states.

The unique combination of theory and extensive data on the labor force structures of various countries makes this work engaging reading for all who are interested in the class basis of conflicts and crises in the world economy.

 Contents

Foreword  

Preface  

Part I:  Imperialism:  Its Origins, Dynamics and Contradictions

1.   The Logic on International Capitalist Expansion:  A Critical Analysis of the Theory of Modern Imperialism

2.   Transnational Production and the Rise of U.S. Imperialism:   It's Dynamics and Contradictions

Part II:  Imperialism and Capitalist Development in the Periphery

3.   Imperialism and Capitalist Development in Latin America

4.   Imperialism and Development in Asia:  Three Divergent Paths

5.   Imperialism and Development in Africa:  from Colonialism to Neocolonialism and Beyond

6.   Imperialism and the Origina of Capitalism in the Middle East

Part III:  Imperialism, the State, and Revolution

7.   The Class Nature of the State in the Third World

8.   Imperialism, Class Struggle, and Revolution  

Notes

Bibliography

Index

To read the "Foreword" to this book, click here [pdf file]

Publication date:  1987

ISBN:  0-275-92169-7

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