The working class revolutionary leader and socialist theorist Rosa Luxemburg greatly contributed to the understanding of imperialism at the beginning of the 20th century. The JEP issue 2019-1 explores Luxemburgs analysis capitalist expansion and its persistent value for understanding socio-ecological conflicts. 

Global capitalism and its transnational production networks have grown and changed drastically during the last three decades. This was coupled with an exponential growth, also of waste. The JEP special issue 2019-2/3 discusses waste from different theoretical and practical perspectives and with a focus on social, global inequalities. See preview.

In 2017, China's paramount leader Xi Jinping heralded the beginning of a 'new era' and stressed China's ambition to assume a leading role in world politics. Yet, does China under Xi really mark such a stark departure from preceding political economic trajectories? What continuities and ruptures characterise the 'new era'? See the issue.

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