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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783709503321

Autore

Nederveen Pieterse Jan.

Titolo

Globalization or empire? / / Jan Nederveen Pieterse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-8173-5562-6

1-135-93479-7

1-135-93480-0

0-203-60491-1

1-280-10707-3

0-203-48884-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

327.73/009/0511

Soggetti

Balance of power

Imperialism

Globalization - Political aspects - United States

World politics - 1989-

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; References; Neoliberal Globalization; Scenarios of Power; Empire as Metaphor; Neoliberal Empire; Global Inequality: Bringing Politics Back In; Conflict: Technologies of Work, War, and Politics; Globalization North and South; Hyperpower Exceptionalism; Capitalisms: Asian-European Dialogue after Enron; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Is America's cultural, economic and military domination of the world globalization, or is it just empire? In this smart, brief book, Pieterse confronts many of the most important issues surrounding this question.