The Politics of Empire :Globalisation in Crisis ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Globalisation in Crisis

Publication series :1

Author: Freeman   Alan;Kagarlitsky   Boris  

Publisher: Pluto Books Ltd‎

Publication year: 2004

E-ISBN: 9781849641906

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780745321844

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780745321844

Subject: D8 Diplomacy, International Relations

Keyword: 外交、国际关系

Language: ENG

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The Politics of Empire

Description

Nine leading writers and activists spanning five continents present a radical deconstruction of the theories behind the neoliberal project.

Chapter

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

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