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Record Nr.

UNINA9910746954303321

Autore

Sapelli Giulio <1947->

Titolo

States, markets and wars in global history : economic and political developments between the advent of globalization and the COVID-19 pandemic / / Giulio Sapelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-26716-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (340 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Globalization - History

International economic relations - History

World politics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

This book is a translation of an original Italian edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Extraordinary Changes -- 3 The Invertebrate World -- 4 Theory for the New World -- 5 The Reason of State and Russia -- 6 Instability -- 7 Increasing Global Divergence -- 8 Here We Go Again -- 9 The Syrian Crisis: Seeing Through the Mirror Game -- 10 Economic Madness, Technocracies and the Energy Transition -- 11 After the City in Capitalism as Religion -- 12 The Mystical Body of Europe and Central Banks -- 13 The Return to Moral Economy -- 14 To Conclude (in the Global Pandemic and in the Russian Aggression Against Ukraine) -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This wide-ranging book focuses on the economic and political changes that have taken place between the advent of globalization and the COVID-19 pandemic and assesses how this may bring about a profound reconfiguration of the global political system. Sapelli



considers a range of developments in different spheres, from international to national politics, military aggressions, and worldwide political trends such as the rise of populism, to illuminate the moment of neoliberal crisis in which we now live. He argues that Europe and its institutions in particular no longer demonstrate a model of diplomacy and statesmanship, with the rise of technocratic structures and elitism reflecting how an ideal of global convergence towards liberalism and democracy no longer holds true. The book then considers how a new international order based on the reason of state can be brought about by global cooperation between the US, Russia and China, along with a return to properly regulated finance and a renewed focus on community in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The book will be of interest to those working in international economics and international relations, as well as academics of economic history and political economy.