Description
| Product ID: | 9780367545017 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Title: | Accumulating Capital Today |
| Subtitle: | Contemporary Strategies of Profit and Dispossessive Policies |
| Authors: | Author: Marlene Benquet, Theo Bourgeron |
| Page Count: | 236 |
| Subjects: | Sociology, Sociology, Social theory, Sociology: work and labour, Political science and theory, Economics, Economic theory and philosophy, Political economy, Social theory, Sociology: work & labour, Political science & theory, Economics, Economic theory & philosophy, Political economy |
| Description: | This book explores the potential renewal of capital accumulation and the institutions that underlie it, offering a new understanding of the way in which 21st century capitalist accumulation combines the traditional logic of profit through labour exploitation with the logic of profit through speculation and dispossession. This book explores the renewal of forms of capital accumulation and the institutions that shape it. It focuses on three main sources of accumulation: the extraction of profit through labor and the commodification of nature, financial speculation and the ways in which profit is converted into wealth. It thus offers a new understanding of the economic and political logics of capital accumulation within capitalism in the 21st century. It shows the recomposition of the sources of profit, from the traditional mechanisms of labor exploitation to the contemporary logics of speculation and dispossession. Bringing together the work of scholars who study the social fabric of capitalist accumulation, Accumulating Capital Today goes beyond disciplinary frontiers to describe how capital is accumulating in a world threatened by social and environmental collapse. This book heralds the emergence of "accumulation studies" and will be of interest to researchers in sociology, anthropology, politics, political economy, geography and economics. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-01 |
