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.
| ISBN: | 9780367545000 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 2020 |
| Author: | Marlène ParisDauphine University, France Benquet |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Sociology Political science and theory Social theory Sociology: work and labour Economic theory and philosophy Political economy |
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.
Accumulating Capital Today features in the following genres: Sociology, Political science and theory, Social theory, Sociology: work and labour, Economic theory and philosophy, Political economy
Accumulating Capital Today is available in Hardback
Accumulating Capital Today was written by Marlène ParisDauphine University, France Benquet and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Accumulating Capital Today has 236 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought series
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