Globalization Unmasked: Imperialism in the 21st Century

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Zed Books, 2001 - 183ÆäÀÌÁö

Perhaps no word today is used and misused more than globalization. It generally serves to refer to worldwide epoch-defining changes in the organization of societies, economies and politics. But as Petras and Veltmeyer demonstrate, the term globalization obscures much more than it reveals.

In practice, globalization provides a cover for a new form of imperialist exploitation and the institution of US hegemony over a global process of capital accumulation. In the last decade, capitalists in Europe and the United States have created favourable conditions for the takeover and recolonization of economies across the developing world. International capital has managed to restore highly profitable returns on investments and operations as never before, creating islands of opulent prosperity within a sea of growing poverty and misery.

In effect, this book argues that the terms globalization and imperialism are widely used as alternative frameworks for understanding the dynamics of the same worldwide developments and trends. Employing an imperialist analytical framework over that of globalization not only provides a better understanding but also points towards forces of resistance and opposition that through political action may bring about necessary change.

 

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Introduction
8
Globalization or Imperialism?
19
A Critical Analysis
26
Globalization Past and Present
38
Rhetoric and Reality
44
Distributive Consequences of Globalization
50
Resistance on a World Scale
57
The Myth of Emerging Markets
63
The Labyrinth of Privatization
92
Alternatives to Privatization
103
Cooperation for Development
121
NGOs in the Service of Imperialism
128
The U S Empire and NarcoCapitalism
139
RightWing Strategy
145
Socialism in an Age of Imperialism
155
Bibliography
176

The New Imperial Order
69

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