From: Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 10:21:05 EST
The _Journal of World Systems Research_ has just put its fall issue online: http://jwsr.ucr.edu/archive/vol10/number3 The issue contains an article by Paul S. Ciccantell and Stephen G. Bunker on "The Economic Ascent of China and the Potential for Restructuring the Capitalist World-Economy": http://jwsr.ucr.edu/archive/vol10/number3/pdf/jwsr-v10n3-cb.pdf (Note that there is also an abstract for the article) Do others on the list agree with the thesis of the article? Ciccantell and Bunker emphasize the role of raw materials and transport industries as "generative sectors" which historically have allowed some nations to ascend to core status and challenge the existing hegemon. The authors claim that China is pursuing "the Japanese model of coastal greenfield heavy industrialization as state policies focus on deepening industrialization in steel, shipbuilding, and other heavy industries." What are the long-term political, military, ecological, and economic implications of the economic ascent of China as a world capitalist power? In solidarity, Jerry
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