Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism

Burden-Stelly, Charisse

doi:10.14452/mr-072-03-2020-07_2

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Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism

Burden-Stelly, Charisse·2020·Monthly Review

DOI 10.14452/mr-072-03-2020-07_2

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In recent years, “racial capitalism” has ascended across the humanities and social sciences. It has arisen as a conceptual framework to understand the mutually constitutive nature of racialization and…

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Authors: Burden-Stelly, C.
Corresponding author: Burden-Stelly, Charisse
ORCID: Burden-Stelly, Charisse
Venue: Monthly Review
Publisher: Monthly Review Foundation
Published: 2020-07-01
Pages: 8-20
ISSN: 0027-0520 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.14452/mr-072-03-2020-07_2
OpenAlex: W3040624945
Cited by: 143
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 19 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3
FWCI: 15.74
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Monthly Review (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Economy and Marxism
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › World Systems and Global Transformations
Keywords: racial capitalism, racialization, capitalist exploitation, carceral state, neoliberalization, permanent war, race and capitalism, United States

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