International Capitalism and Industrial Restructuring

A Critical Analysis

Richard Peet

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30 September 2024

History; Economics of industrial organisation; International economics; Economic history; Manufacturing industries

Series: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1987, International Capitalism and Industrial Restructuring counters the idea that industrial restructuring is a relatively problem-free stage in the evolution to a post-industrial society. The editor argues that the permanent loss of eight million manufacturing jobs in the advanced industrial countries over the past ten years has had extremely serious effects on people, economies, and societies, and that it is a major cause of economic recession. The six million jobs gained in the newly industrializing countries pay low wages, expose workers to hazards, destroy local cultures, and fail in generating integrated development for the Third World.

Many outstanding articles are included, drawn from a wide variety of radical journals, with introductions that set the scene and pose challenging questions. All students and researchers concerned with industrial restructuring in the capitalist world will find the book valuable as a radical critique of widespread current economic problems.

Edited by: Richard Peet
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032848730
ISBN 10: 1032848731
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 September 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Richard Peet retired as Professor of Human Geography from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University, USA. He was the Editor of the radical geography journal, Antipode, from 1970 to 1985 and Co-Editor of Economic Geography between 1992 and 1998.