From Value to Uneven Development
Selected Writings by John Weeks in the Marxist Tradition
Published on 11. July 2024
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-90-04-70318-6 (ISBN)
Description
John Weeks (1941-2020) was one of the most prominent Marxist economists of his generation. His writings inspired many activists and socialist economists around the world. This book brings together a selection of his writings engaging with and developing the Marxist tradition. These essays examine theoretical issues, directly building on Karl Marx's work, as well as practical and political issues, engaging with transformative and revolutionary activity. The essays included in this book are now made available to a new generation of critics of capitalism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-70318-6 (9789004703186)
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Ben Fine is Emeritus Professor of Economics at SOAS University of London, and Visiting Professor at Wits School of Governance, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Simon Mohun is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Queen Mary University of London.
Alfredo Saad-Filho is Professor of Political Economy and International Development at King's College London, and Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and LUT University, Finland.
Simon Mohun is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Queen Mary University of London.
Alfredo Saad-Filho is Professor of Political Economy and International Development at King's College London, and Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and LUT University, Finland.
Content
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
?Ben Fine, Simon Mohun and Alfredo Saad-Filho
Part 1 Essays on the Theory of Value
1 The Sphere of Production and the Analysis of Crisis in Capitalism
2 On the Issue of Capitalist Circulation and the Concepts Appropriate to Its Analysis
3 The Process of Accumulation and the 'Profit-Squeeze' Hypothesis
4 A Note on Underconsumption Theory and the Labour Theory of Value
Part 2 Essays on Development and Underdevelopment
5 The Law of Value and the Analysis of Underdevelopment
6 Epochs of Capitalism and the Progressiveness of Capital's Expansion
7 Equilibrium, Uneven Development and the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall
8 The Expansion of Capital and Uneven Development on a World Scale
9 International Exchange and the Causes of Backwardness
10 Class Alliances and Class Struggle in Peru
?Elizabeth Dore and John Weeks
11 Backwardness, Foreign Capital, and Accumulation in the Manufacturing Sector of Peru, 1954-75
John Weeks' Academic Writings
References
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
?Ben Fine, Simon Mohun and Alfredo Saad-Filho
Part 1 Essays on the Theory of Value
1 The Sphere of Production and the Analysis of Crisis in Capitalism
2 On the Issue of Capitalist Circulation and the Concepts Appropriate to Its Analysis
3 The Process of Accumulation and the 'Profit-Squeeze' Hypothesis
4 A Note on Underconsumption Theory and the Labour Theory of Value
Part 2 Essays on Development and Underdevelopment
5 The Law of Value and the Analysis of Underdevelopment
6 Epochs of Capitalism and the Progressiveness of Capital's Expansion
7 Equilibrium, Uneven Development and the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall
8 The Expansion of Capital and Uneven Development on a World Scale
9 International Exchange and the Causes of Backwardness
10 Class Alliances and Class Struggle in Peru
?Elizabeth Dore and John Weeks
11 Backwardness, Foreign Capital, and Accumulation in the Manufacturing Sector of Peru, 1954-75
John Weeks' Academic Writings
References
Index