Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone profound changes--economic cycles that veer from boom to bust--from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Surveying this turbulent history, Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so...

Klappentext: This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race, class, gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development...

Das sub-saharische Afrika beginnt sich immer stärker zu differenzieren. Die Spanne zwischen Ländern mit guten wirtschaftlichen Potentialen und besseren Perspektiven und jenen mit allzu langem Reformstau vergrößert sich. Gerade die Gruppe der aufstrebenden Ökonomien zeigt große...