Abstract

* List of Tables and Figures * Preface * 1. Political Economy and the Comparative Understanding of History * Origins and Evolution of Political Economy * Sorting Theories * The Comparative Approach * Case Studies Through History * Historical Studies * 2. Theories of Transition * Precapitalism and Capitalism * The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism * The Transition from Capitalism to Socialism * 3. Theories of Class * Origins * Class and the Paradox of Pluralism and Individual Choice * Class and Structuralism * Class Analysis * Examples of Class Analysis * 4. Theories of the State * Two Conceptions of the State * Toward a Theory of the State * Current Thinking on the State * Issues of State Theory * 5. Theories of Imperialism * Traditional and Classical Imperialism * Contemporary Analyses of Imperialism * Responses to Imperialism: Understanding Development and Underdevelopment * Innovative Theories of Capitalist and Socialist Development * Strategies and Issues of Capitalist and Socialist Development * Whither Imperialism and Development Theory? * 6. Theories of Democracy * Democracy and Capitalism * Democracy and Socialism * Alternative Directions: Toward Participatory Democracy * Other References Consulted * Index

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