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Corporate power and globalization in US foreign policy / edited by Ronald W. Cox.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in US foreign policy.
- Routledge studies in US foreign policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corporations--Political activity--United States.
- Corporations.
- Business and politics--United States--History.
- Business and politics.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989-.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- More than a decade into the new millennium, the fusion of corporate and state power is the essential defining feature of US foreign policy. This edited volume critically examines the relationship between corporations and the US state in the development of foreign policies related to globalization. Drawing together a wide range of contributors, this work explores the role of corporations in using US foreign policies to advance the interests of transnational capital in a wide range of contexts, including:how US government policies have contributed to the globalization of pr
- Contents:
- Cover; Corporate Power and Globalization in US Foreign Policy; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface: Rethinking the State and "free markets" inneoliberalism; Introduction: corporate power and the threat to democracy; 1. Corporate finance and US foreign policy; 2. Transnational capital and the US-China nexus; 3. The foreign policy of organized labor in the context of globalization; 4. The corporate centrism of the Obama administration; 5. The military-industrial complex in a globalized context; 6. Financialization, corporate power, and South African subimperialism
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-32842-4
- 1-280-66520-3
- 9786613642134
- 0-203-12161-9
- 1-136-32843-2
- 9780203121610
- OCLC:
- 798531721
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