This paper offers a new theoretical approach for comparing the current political-economic U-turns in South Africa and Israel. Our principal focus is on a revised notion of capital, emphasizing the central role of differential accumulation by dominant capital groups. We further distinguish...

This paper offers a new approach to the political economy of armament, focusing on the relationship between military spending and differential accumulation in mature capitalist economies. Applied to the "model" case of Israel, our analysis suggests that the militarization of Israel's economy...

chapter 1 Why write a book about capital? -- part Part I: Dilemmas of political economy -- chapter 2 The dual worlds -- chapter 3 Power -- chapter 4 Deflections of power -- part Part II: The enigma of capital -- chapter 5 Neoclassical parables -- chapter 6 The Marxist entanglement I: Values and...