State Capitalism, Contentious Politics and Large-Scale Social Change

State capitalism is a normal form of capitalist development. Its extremes vary but it has been, and remains, central to understanding modern capitalism. This is especially the case in the so called Communist worlds of Russia and China, and for alternative economies like that of India and the Philippines, which are the focus of this timely and challenging book.

Vincent K. Pollard, Ph. D (1998) in Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa, was a Lecturer and Cooperating Graduate Faculty at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is the author of several articles and book chapters, as well as Globalization, Democratization and Asian Leadership (Aldershot, 2004).