Progress in Political Economy- Imperialism and the Development Myth How Rich Countries Dominate in the Twenty-First Century

Name: Progress in Political Economy- Imperialism and the Development Myth
Author: Sam King

Auteur: Sam King

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Sam King

Engels
Hardcover
9781526159014
07 september 2021
312 pagina's

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China and other Third World societies cannot 'catch up'. Much of the world’s work has moved to the poor countries, yet – through dominating critical aspects of labour process – a few rich, imperialist countries monopolise the benefits. China and the Third World will remain poor and the vast global social divide is – under the present system – permanent.

In this book, King argues that China and other societies cannot ‘catch up’ with richer countries. The contemporary world system is permanently dominated by a small group of super-rich nations that maintain a stranglehold over the global labour process. Globalisation of production since the 1980s means more of the world’s work is now carried out in the poorest countries. Yet richer, ‘imperialist’ regions like North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia still secure most of the wealth and benefits.

Their monopoly comes from controlling the technologically advanced processes within the overall global division of labour while farming out other processes. Income levels in all the richer countries remain five or ten times higher than in societies like China. The huge gulf between them is actually getting bigger not smaller.

China is widely viewed as ‘catching up’ economically and threatening their world dominance. This view is false. Through examination of the global division of labour, King’s book shows that China’s real level of economic development and its concrete economic power is more comparable to Brazil and Mexico than the USA or Germany. China and some other societies have been able to develop limited defensive military capabilities, but it remains impossible for them to catch up economically or for them to emerge as a new group of imperialist societies growing richer by exploiting labour and resources beyond their borders.

Economic imperialism remains the domain of the same nations that have dominated since colonial times. Today’s deafening shouts about China’s supposed ‘threat’ to that system distracts us from its ongoing reality.

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Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 07 september 2021
Aantal pagina's: 312

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Hoofdauteur: Sam King
Hoofduitgeverij: Manchester University Press

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