Polarizing Development

The global economic crisis has exposed the limits of neoliberalism and dramatically deepened social polarization. Yet, despite increasing social resistance and opposition, neoliberalism prevails globally.Radical alternatives, moreover, are only rarely debated. And if they are, such alternatives are reduced to new Keynesian and new developmental agendas, which fail to address existing class divisions and imperialist relations of domination.This collection of essays polarizes the debate between radical and reformist alternatives by exploring head-on the antagonistic structure of capitalist development. The contributors ground their proposals in an international, non-Eurocentric and Marxian inspired analysis of capitalism and its crises. From Latin America to Asia, Africa to the Middle East and Europe to the US, social and labour movements have emerged as the protagonists behind creating alternatives.This book's new generation of scholars has written accessible yet theoretically informed and empirically rich chapters elaborating radical worldwide strategies for moving beyond neoliberalism, and beyond capitalism. The intent is to provoke critical reflection and positive action towards substantive change.

A new generation of Marxian scholars discusses the modern age of development under neoliberalism in this collection of essays.

Foreword 1. Introduction: Polarizing Development - Introducing Alternatives to Neoliberalism and the Crisis Thomas Marois and Lucia Pradella Part I: Alternative Themes 2. Beyond Impoverishment: Western Europe in the World Economy Lucia Pradella 3. Banking on Alternatives to Neoliberal Development Thomas Marois 4. The Political Economy of Development: Statism or Marxism? Benjamin Selwyn 5. The Globalisation of Production and the Struggle for Workers' Unity: Lessons from Bangladesh John Smith 6. The 'rise of the south' Alfredo Saad-Filho 7. Hegemony in Question: US Primacy, Multi-Polarity and Global Resistance Jerome Klassen 8. Neoliberalism, Crisis and International Migration Pietro Basso 9. Neoliberalism, Social Reproduction and Women's resistance: Lessons from Cambodia and Venezuela Sarah Miraglia and Susan Spronk 10. Exploding in the Air: Beyond the Carbon trail of Neoliberal Globalisation Andreas Malm 11. Defend, Militate and Alternate: Public Options in a Privatized World David A. McDonald 12. Utopian Socialism and Marx's Capital: Envisioning Alternatives Hugo Radice Part II: Alternative Cases 13. Beyond Neoliberalism and new Developmentalism in Latin America: towards an anti-Capitalist Agenda Abelardo Marina-Flores 14. Crisis and Class, Advance and Retreat: the Political Economy of the New Latin American Left Jeffery R. Webber 15. Taking Control: Decommodification and Peasant alternatives to neoliberalism in Mexico and Brazil Leandro Vergara-Camus 16. The Rise of East Asia: A Slippery Floor for the Left Dae-oup Chang 17. Labour as an Agent of Change: The Case of China Tim Pringle 18. Alternatives to Neoliberalism in India Rohini Hensman 19. Musical Chairs on the side-lines: The Challenges of Social Transformation in Neo-Colonial Africa Baba Aye 20. Challenging Neoliberalism in the Arab World Adam Hanieh 21. Socialist Feminist Alternatives to Neoliberalism in Turkey Demet Ozmen Yilmaz 22. Uneven Development and Political Resistance against EU Austerity Politics Angela Wigger and Laura Horn 23. Crisis, Austerity and Resistance in the United States David McNally List of contributors Index