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Politics of empire : globalisation in crisis / edited by Alan Freeman and Boris Kagarlitsky.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization.
- International economic relations.
- World politics--21st century.
- World politics.
- World politics--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 290 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press in association with Transnational Institute (TNI), 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nine leading writers and activists spanning five continents present a radical deconstruction of the theories behind the neoliberal project.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: World Empire - or a World of Empires?
- The world after 9/ 11
- The globalisation of divergence
- Origins of the age of war
- Enter the new imperialism
- Exit globalisation, pursued by an eagle
- Another world is indispensable
- 2 The Inequality of Nations
- Absolute divergence
- Absolute stagnation
- Divergence, stagnation and the end of globalisation
- The new age of competitive regionalism
- The limits of statistics
- The use and misuse of averages
- What does money buy? Purchasing power, paying power, and growth
- The statistical signifi cance of China
- The new regionalism and the political geography of divergence
- 3 The Crisis of the Globalist Project and the New Economics of George W. Bush
- The crisis of the globalist project
- Three moments of the crisis of globalisation
- The new economics of George W. Bush
- The economics and politics of overextension
- 4 Imperialist Globalisation and the Political Economy of South Asia
- Jayati Ghosh Imperialism and the global economy at the start of the twenty- fi rst century
- South Asia in the era of globalisation
- 5 Globalisation and the New World Order: The New Dynamics of Imperialism and War
- 'Globalisation': The unfettered circulation of capital
- The New World Order: The unfettered circulation of imperialist armies
- The dynamics of confl ict over Eurasia
- Conclusion: Globalism and the NWO as inherently crisis- prone processes
- 6 The Crisis of Global Capitalism: How it Looks from Latin America
- Crisis and the restructuring of world capitalism
- Latin America faces the global crisis
- Conclusions: Whither the empire of global capital?
- 7 Facing Global Apartheid
- A new political economy and geopolitics of imperialism?
- African anti- capitalisms
- The limits of elite opinion.
- Breaking the chains of global financial apartheid
- Who is for and against global apartheid?
- Should movements take the state, or localise?
- Next steps: Towards a 'fifth international'?
- Appendix: Five ideological reactions to 'global apartheid'
- 8 Unity, Diversity and International Co-operation: The US War Drive and the Anti-war Movement
- 9 From Global Crisis to Neo-imperialism: The Case for a Radical Alternative
- Global mobility of capital
- High profits and after
- Back to the oil
- Euro- ambitions
- Europe and the new imperialism
- Global competition
- The struggle for Russia
- Is new reformism an answer?
- The programme of transition
- Notes on Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611750275
- 9781849641906
- 1849641900
- 9781281750273
- 1281750271
- 9781435661509
- 1435661508
- OCLC:
- 652494102
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