Globalisation : a systematic Marxian account / / by Tony Smith.

• Superior document: Historical materialism book series ; v. 10
• Author: Smith, Tony, 1951-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Part One of this book examines the social-state, neoliberal, catalytic-state, and democratic-cosmopolitan models of globalisation. Each necessarily tends to function in a manner contradicting essential claims made by its leading advocates. This "immanent contradiction" provides a theoretical warrant for moving to a new position, addressing the shortcomings of the previous framework. The first three chapters of Part Two are devoted to a Marxian model of capitalist globalisation, in which the irresolvable contradictions and social antagonisms of the capitalist global order are explicitly recognised. The final chapter is devoted to a Marxian model of socialist globalisation, in which those contradictions and antagonisms are overcome, bringing the systematic dialectic of globalisation to a close.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Social-State Model of Globalisation -- The Neoliberal Model of Globalisation -- The Catalytic-State Model of Globalisation -- The Democratic-Cosmopolitan Model of Globalisation -- A Marxian Model of Capitalist Globalisation (1): The World Market -- A Marxian Model of Capitalist Globalisation (2): The Dialectic of State and World Market -- A Marxian Model of Capitalist Globalisation (3): The 'International Financial Architecture' -- A Marxian Model of Socialist Globalisation -- References -- Index -- Historicalmaterialism Book Series.