Robert Biel M, PhD (1991) International Relations, London School of Economics, teaches political ecology at University College London and publishes extensively, including The New Imperialism (Zed Books, 2000). He researches systems theory and conducts a wide-ranging practical programme on urban agriculture.

“There is now a constant flow, if not a flood, of books on the various overlapping crises of the present – climate change and ecological destruction, the economic crisis, peak oil etc... however, Robert Biel has produced an analysis, synthesizing all of these developments, that certainly deserves a place on your bookshelf. It is a fascinating and insightful book, about which there is too much to say, every page warranting copious marginalia and underlining.” - David Tyfield, Lancaster University, in: Journal of Critical Realism 12/1 (2013)

• List of FiguresIntroduction1. Understanding the Limits and Decay of the Capitalist Mode of Production2. Capitalism as an Adaptive System3. The ‘Systemic Turn’ in Capitalist Political Economy4. The Era of Feedback from Entropy5. Militarism and State Terrorism as a Response to Crisis6. Organisation of the Twenty-first Century International System7. Contradictions in the Contemporary Phase of Imperialist Governance, and the Forces for Change within itReferencesIndex

Robert Biel M, PhD (1991) International Relations, London School of Economics, teaches political ecology at University College London and publishes extensively, including The New Imperialism (Zed Books, 2000). He researches systems theory and conducts a wide-ranging practical programme on urban agriculture.

“There is now a constant flow, if not a flood, of books on the various overlapping crises of the present – climate change and ecological destruction, the economic crisis, peak oil etc... however, Robert Biel has produced an analysis, synthesizing all of these developments, that certainly deserves a place on your bookshelf. It is a fascinating and insightful book, about which there is too much to say, every page warranting copious marginalia and underlining.” - David Tyfield, Lancaster University, in: Journal of Critical Realism 12/1 (2013)

• List of FiguresIntroduction1. Understanding the Limits and Decay of the Capitalist Mode of Production2. Capitalism as an Adaptive System3. The ‘Systemic Turn’ in Capitalist Political Economy4. The Era of Feedback from Entropy5. Militarism and State Terrorism as a Response to Crisis6. Organisation of the Twenty-first Century International System7. Contradictions in the Contemporary Phase of Imperialist Governance, and the Forces for Change within itReferencesIndex

Robert Biel M, PhD (1991) International Relations, London School of Economics, teaches political ecology at University College London and publishes extensively, including The New Imperialism (Zed Books, 2000). He researches systems theory and conducts a wide-ranging practical programme on urban agriculture.

“There is now a constant flow, if not a flood, of books on the various overlapping crises of the present – climate change and ecological destruction, the economic crisis, peak oil etc... however, Robert Biel has produced an analysis, synthesizing all of these developments, that certainly deserves a place on your bookshelf. It is a fascinating and insightful book, about which there is too much to say, every page warranting copious marginalia and underlining.” - David Tyfield, Lancaster University, in: Journal of Critical Realism 12/1 (2013)

• List of FiguresIntroduction1. Understanding the Limits and Decay of the Capitalist Mode of Production2. Capitalism as an Adaptive System3. The ‘Systemic Turn’ in Capitalist Political Economy4. The Era of Feedback from Entropy5. Militarism and State Terrorism as a Response to Crisis6. Organisation of the Twenty-first Century International System7. Contradictions in the Contemporary Phase of Imperialist Governance, and the Forces for Change within itReferencesIndex