Marxist Theories of Imperialism
A Critical Survey
Anthony Brewer

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This seminal account of Marxist theories of imperialism is now
appearing in a revised and expanded edition.

Covering figures as diverse as Hobson, Luxembourg, Hilferding,
Bukharin, Lenin, Frank, Wallerstein, Emmanuel and Warren, as
well as Marx himself, it analyses how Marxists have accounted for
the role of imperialism in the spread of world capitalism.

Marx had expected the spread of capitalism to lead to full
capitalist development everywhere (unless anticipated by socialist
revolution), while Lenin and his contemporaries concentrated on
the role of monopoly and inter-imperialist rivalry. More recently,
the focus of theory has shifted to the explanation of
underdevelopment, which has prompted a renaissance of Marxist
thought.

This book provides a clear guide to this important body of theory,
establishing how the competing theories relate to each other and
assessing them in terms of their logical coherence and their
relevance to real problems.

Anthony Brewer is senior lecturer in Economics at the University of
Bristol. He is the author of A Guide to Marx’s Capital, 1984, and of
a number of articles in learned journals.