Overview
- Brings together themes of uneven development, financialisation and capitalist crisis
- Focuses on the political economy of South Africa
- Re-assesses classic Marxist theories of finance capital and uneven development
Part of the book series: Palgrave Insights into Apocalypse Economics (PIAE)
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Keywords
- Uneven development
- financialisation
- capitalist crisis
- crisis displacement
- South Africa
- Resistance
- capital accumulation
About this book
This book reassesses classic Marxist theories of finance capital and uneven development in the context of the present intensified process of financialization and the accentuation of combined and accelerating uneven development. In particular, the work of Hilferding and Luxemburg is discussed and re-framed in light of both the contributions of Marx and more recent engagements by David Harvey and Neil Smith. The book explores the case of South Africa in particular in light of the combination of a rapidly financializing yet crisis-ridden South African political economy on the one hand and intensifying social inequality and political conflict on the other. It explores a series of strategies and possibilities that might open up trajectories for change and transformation with particular attention paid to the promises and constraints of the de-growth movement and intersectional class struggle, which will appeal to political economists, researchers, and students alongside those studying South Africa specifically.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Extreme Uneven Development
Book Subtitle: Financial Volatility, Deep Capitalist Crisis and Super-Exploitation in South Africa and the World
Authors: Patrick Bond
Series Title: Palgrave Insights into Apocalypse Economics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-13454-8Due: 11 August 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-13457-9Due: 11 August 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-13455-5Due: 11 August 2024
Series ISSN: 2523-8108
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8116
Edition Number: 1
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations