Japanese Approach to Stages of Capitalist Development

Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at York University, Canada.Richard Westra is University Professor in the Institute for Political Science at University of Opole, Poland and Adjunct Professor in the Center for Macau Studies, University of Macau.

• Chapter 1. Stages of Capitalism: From Start to Finish.- Chapter 2. The Theory of a Purely Capitalist Society.- Chapter 3. Stage Theory.- Chapter 4.  Historical Analysis as a Level of Political Economy.- Chapter 5. The Stage of Mercantilism.- Chapter 6. The Stage of Liberalism.- Chapter 7. The Stage of Imperialism.- Chapter 8 (contributed to by Richard Westra) The Stage of Consumerism.- Chapter 9 (written by Richard Westra) Neoliberalism as a Phase of Transition Toward Barbarism.- Chapter 10. For Better Lives On A Better Earth: Bringing Capitalism to an End.- Chapter 11. Concluding Words for the Future.