"This volume analyses contemporary capitalism and its crises based on a theory of capitalist evolution known as the social structure of accumulation (SSA) theory. It applies this theory to explain the severe financial and economic crisis that broke out in 2008 and the kind of changes required to...

"Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban areas, and single-industry towns to the shock...

Der Beginn des dritten Jahrtausends verspricht eine Zeit enormer Verstädterung in den Ländern des Südens zu werden. Um das Jahr 2025 werden mehr als 55% der Menschen in urbanen Zonen leben, vielfach in riesigen Stadtagglomerationen, in Megacities. Das spektakuläre Wachstum und die dominante...