PROPOSITION IS PUT FORTH THAT A NECESSARY CONCOMITANT OF THE UNEQUAL INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOR IS THE CLASS STRUCTURE OF THE CONTEMPORARY IMPERIALIST SYSTEM, AND THE SYSTEM IS THEN DESCRIBED AND ANALYZED. THE CLASS STRUCTURE IS PRESENTED IN A 2-PART DIVISION: CENTERS AND PERIPHERAL AREAS, BOTH INCLUDING PEASANTS, WORKING CLASS, THE BOURGEOISIE, AND THE UNEMPLOYED.
Peace and stability in Afghanistan are crucial for the economic potential not only of Central Asian region but Asia as a whole/ Possibilities of Pakistan to play a greater role in the SCO are under discussion in the paper. The author considers important economic issues (energy corridors from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan) and counter-terrorist struggle in Pakistan.
THE ARTICLE SHOWS HOW CAPITALISM IS ALWAYS READY TO REWARD ACADEMICS AND PUBLICISTS WHO PROVIDE PLAUSIBLE EXCULPATORY EXPLANATIONS FOR ITS CRISES, FAILURES, AND CRIMES. THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT CULTURALISM AND IMPERIALISM REINFORCE EACH OTHER AND THE VICTIMS CAN BE LED TO ACCEPT DIFFERENCE IN PLACE OF EQUALITY AND LIBERATION.
Contemporary globalization is placed in what is argued to be its right historical context, assuming that its association with the pervasion of capitalism has a long history, & thus considers what aspects of contemporary globalization are genuinely new. A historicized perspective is offered, drawing on Karl Marx, Fernand Braudel, Karl Polanyi, & world-systems theory to defend a noneconomistic interpretation of capitalist globalization. The need to recognize the social & institutional contextualization of globalization in time & space is stressed, but without losing sight of the core principles of Marxist analysis. 14 References. Adapted from the source document.
Looks at the historical development of social inequality, considering how capitalist modes of production have changed inequality and the globalization of inequality.
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 523-530
Reflects on the militarist dimension of the 'new world order'. Emphasizes the military dimension of the American's global vision, dominant since 1945, and the nightmare that a 'Eurasion' entente (i.e. a modern day 'reapproachment' between Europe and the USSR) represents for the USA. (RSM)
An exploration of the growing democratic consciousness throughout the world -- a trend toward the democratization of political regimes that appears to be irreversible. With this trend, however, has appeared a concomitant offensive for the liberation of market forces, ie, the neoliberalist establishment of the superiority of private property over all other considerations, including social inequalities on both individual & national levels. It is concluded that this offensive should be seen not as for democracy, but rather, as against socialism. Case studies are drawn from the French (1793 & 1871), Russian (1917), & Chinese (1949) revolutions that illustrate the forces at work in revolutionary movements, noting parallels & contrasts to the contemporary Western thrust of democracy. 14 References. J. W. Stanton
A critical review of theories that form the framework for studies of past & present wars. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's statement that "politics is condensed economics" (no reference given) is generally accepted to be true, although two limits are detailed: (1) the proposition can only be applied in the capitalist epoch; (2) an analysis of such an economic-political relationship necessitates correct theory regarding the economic base in question. Based on these limitations, Lenin's statement is analyzed & illustrated with case examples. The bourgeois school's approach to conflict focuses on the foundations of potential conflicts & holds that states perpetually exist in potentially competitive situations with the goal of domination. This school of thought is shown to be tenuous & simplistic. Here, it is suggested that postcapitalist societies are organized around a conflicting & dynamic compromise between socialist, capitalist, & "nationalist-etatist" social tendencies. National-popular societies in the Middle East & South Africa are analyzed, especially with respect to the conflict between national-popular aspirations & Western imperialism. 3 References. C. Grindle
