
Title:
The new political economy of development : globalization, imperialism, hegemony
Author:
Kiely, Ray, 1964-
ISBN:
9781403999979
9781403999962
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Publication Information:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Physical Description:
viii, 333 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction -- Capitalist expansion and imperialism -- Post-1945 capitalism and development -- The end of the post-war boom and capitalist restructuring -- Globalization and contemporary imperialism : theoretical debates -- Cosmopolitanism, globalization and global governance -- Globalization, poverty and the contemporary world economy -- Globalization, neo-liberalism and the state -- Globalization, regionalism and hegemony -- Resisting globalization? -- Conclusions.
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Summary
Summary
This major new text analyses changes and continuities in the current international order and their implications for understanding international development in the 21st century. The author assesses the extent and impact of globalization, the emergence of a more aggressive stance by the U.S. and the debates to which they have given rise.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | p. viii |
1 Introduction | p. 1 |
Defining globalization | p. 2 |
Defining imperialism | p. 6 |
Defining hegemony | p. 7 |
Defining development | p. 9 |
Globalization as a win-win situation: diffusing development | p. 13 |
Globalization as a zero-sum game: development as underdevelopment | p. 16 |
Globalization as uneven development | p. 18 |
The structure of the book | p. 25 |
2 Capitalist Expansion and Imperialism | p. 27 |
The origins of capitalist development | p. 27 |
Periodizing international capitalist development | p. 30 |
Conclusions: three fallacies and the legacy of imperialism | p. 39 |
3 Post-1945 Capitalism and Development | p. 42 |
The post-war international settlement: Bretton Woods and the Cold War | p. 42 |
The post-war boom | p. 47 |
Development and the 'Third World' | p. 49 |
Conclusion | p. 57 |
4 The End of the Post-war Boom and Capitalist Restructuring | p. 59 |
The end of the post-war boom | p. 59 |
The US state and capitalist restructuring | p. 63 |
Neo-liberalism and the developing world | p. 67 |
Conclusion | p. 73 |
5 Globalization and Contemporary Imperialism: Theoretical Debates | p. 76 |
Defining globalization | p. 76 |
Globalization, transnational capitalism and empire | p. 87 |
Globalization, US hegemony and the 'new imperialism' | p. 92 |
Conclusion | p. 105 |
6 Cosmopolitanism, Globalization and Global Governance | p. 106 |
Cosmopolitanism and global governance | p. 106 |
The United Nations, universal rights and humanitarian intervention | p. 109 |
The WTO and global economic governance | p. 116 |
Civil society and the state in the international system | p. 122 |
Conclusion | p. 128 |
7 Globalization, Poverty and the Contemporary World Economy | p. 131 |
Poverty reduction? | p. 131 |
Market friendly policies, growth and poverty reduction | p. 137 |
Neo-liberalism and the myth of global convergence | p. 143 |
Conclusion: states, neo-liberalism and globalization | p. 157 |
8 Globalization, neo-liberalism and the State | p. 160 |
The state and globalization | p. 161 |
From the developmental state to market friendly intervention | p. 169 |
Reconstructing rogue and failed states | p. 173 |
Beyond technocracy: the limitations of (neo-)liberal and statist perspectives on development | p. 176 |
Conclusion: states, neo-liberalism and globalization | p. 191 |
9 Globalization, Regionalism and Hegemony | p. 193 |
US hegemony: strengthening or in decline? | p. 193 |
The East Asian challenge | p. 195 |
Europe: a progressive alternative? | p. 216 |
US hegemony re-assessed | p. 223 |
Conclusion: neo-liberalism, regionalism and development | p. 227 |
10 Resisting Globalization? | p. 230 |
Imperialism and anti-imperialism in the era of globalization | p. 231 |
Islam and Islamism | p. 236 |
Social movements: agents of post-development? | p. 244 |
Global justice and anti-globalization | p. 247 |
Conclusion | p. 257 |
11 Conclusions | p. 259 |
Revisiting globalization | p. 259 |
Revisiting imperialism | p. 260 |
Revisiting hegemony | p. 262 |
Revisiting development | p. 264 |
Notes | p. 269 |
Further Reading | p. 278 |
References | p. 290 |
Index | p. 325 |