David Harvey&apos;s Theory of Accumulation by Dispossession: A Marxist Critique

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[1] Ashman, S., and A. Callinicos. 2006. “Capital Accumulation and the State System: Assessing David Harvey's The New Imperialism.“ Historical Materialism 14 (4): 107–31.

[2] Batou, J. 2015. “Accumulation by Dispossession and Anti-capitalist Struggles: A Long Historical Perspective.” Science & Society 79 (1): 11–37.

[3] Bonefeld, W. 2011. “Primitive Accumulation and Capitalist Accumulation: Notes on Social Constitution and Expropriation.” Science & Society 75 (3): 379–99.

[4] Brass, T. 2011. “Primitive Accumulation, Capitalist Development and Socialist Transition: Still Waiting for Godot?” Journal of Contemporary Asia 41 (1): 1–24.

[5] Brenner, R. 2006. “What Is, and What Is Not Imperialism.” Historical Materialism 14 (4): 79–105.

[6] Das, R. 2006. “Marxist Theories of the State.” in Alternative Theories of the State , edited by S. Pressman, 64–90. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

[7] Das, R. 2017. Marxist Class Theory for a Skeptical World . Leiden: Brill.

[8] Das, R. Forthcoming. “David Harvey's Theory of Uneven Geographical Development: A Marxist Critique.” Capital and Class 41 (3): Forthcoming.

[9] De Angelis, M. 1999. “Marx's Theory of Primitive Accumulation: A Suggested Reinterpretation.” Accessed May 16, 2017. www.homepages.uel.ac.uk/M.DeAngelis/PRIMACCA.htm.

[10] Engels, F. 1977. “Socialism: Utopian and Scientific.” in Selected Works of Marx and Engels , by K. Marx and F. Engels, 95–151. Moscow: Progress Publishers.

[11] Frank, A. 1977. “On So-Called Primitive Accumulation.” Dialectical Anthropology 2 (2): 87–106.

[12] Gillepsie, T. 2016. “Accumulation by Urban Dispossession: Struggles over Urban Space in Accra, Ghana.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 41 (1): 66–77.

[13] Glassman, J. 2006. “Primitive Accumulation, Accumulation by Dispossession, Accumulation by ’Extra-Economic’ Means.” Progress in Human Geography 30 (5): 608–25.

[14] Gordon, T., and J. Webber. 2008. “Imperialism and Resistance: Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America.” Third World Quarterly 29 (1): 63–87.

[15] Hartsock, N. 2006. “Globalization and Primitive Accumulation: The Contributions of David Harvey's Dialectical Marxism.” in David Harvey: A Critical Reader , edited by N. Castree and D. Gregory, 167–90. London: Blackwell.

[16] Harvey, D. (1982) 2006. The Limits to Capital . London: Verso.

[17] Harvey, D. 2003. The New Imperialism . Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[18] Harvey, D. 2005. A Brief History of Neoliberalism . Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[19] Harvey, D. 2006a. “Introduction.” in The Limits to Capital , ix–xxviii. London: Verso.

[20] Harvey, D. 2006b. “Comment on Commentaries.” Historical Materialism 14 (4): 157–66.

[21] Harvey, D. 2006c. Spaces of Global Capitalism . London: Verso.

[22] Harvey, D. 2007. “Neoliberalism as Creative Destruction.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science , no. 610: 22–44.

[23] Harvey, D. 2010. “The Secret of Primitive Accumulation.” in A Companion to Marx's Capital , by D. Harvey, 289–313. London: Verso.

[24] Harvey, D. 2012. Rebel Cities . London: Verso.

[25] Harvey, D. 2014. Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism . Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[26] Harvey, D., and H. A. Rivera. 2010. “Explaining the Crisis.” International Socialist Review , no. 73. Accessed May 16, 2017. http://isreview.org/issue/73/explaining–crisis.

[27] Lenin, V. I. (1899) 1964. “The Development of Capitalism in Russia.” in Collected Works of Lenin , vol. 3, 9–658. Moscow: Progress Publishers.

[28] Lenin, V. I. 1977. “What Is to Be Done?” in Selected Works of Lenin , vol. 1, 92–241. Moscow: Progress Publishers.

[29] Llorente, R. 2013. “Marx's Concept of ’Universal Class’: A Rehabilitation.” Science & Society 77 (4): 536–60.

[30] Luxemburg, R. 2003. Accumulation of Capital . London: Routledge.

[31] Marx, K. 1977. Capital , vol. 1. New York: Vintago.

[32] Mercille, J., and E. Murphy. 2017. “What Is Privatization? A Political Economy Approach.” Environment and Planning A 49 (5): 1040–59.

[33] Millar, J. 1978. “Note on Primitive Accumulation in Marx and Preobrazhensky.” Soviet Studies 30 (3): 384–93.

[34] Ollman, B. 2003. Dance of the Dialectic . Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

[35] Patnaik, P. 2008. “The Accumulation Process in the Period of Globalization.” Economic and Political Weekly 43 (26): 108–13. Accessed May 16, 2017. http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/3_10.pdf.

[36] Perelman, M. 2000. The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation . Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

[37] Sayer, A. 1992. Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach . London: Routledge.

[38] Smith, M. 2010. Global Capitalism in Crisis: Karl Marx & the Decay of the Profit System . Black Point, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing.

[39] Trotsky, L. 2008. History of the Russian Revolution . Chicago: Haymarket.

[40] Vogel, L. 2013. Marxism and the Oppression of Women . Chicago: Haymarket.

[41] Wood, E. 1998. Retreat from Class . London: Verso.

[42] Wood, E. 2002. The Origins of Capitalism . London: Verso.