The New Development Politics : The Age of Empire Building and New Social Movements

Petras, James F.

Ashgate Pub Ltd（2003/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780754635390
• DDC分類 325.32

基本説明

Challenging the dominant paradigms in the field of development studies, it provides a coherent response to the increasing militarization of inter-state relations.

Full Description

A critique of contemporary conceptions of international political economy, the role of the state and contemporary social movements, The New Development Politics challenges the dominant paradigms in the field of development studies. Raising fundamental theoretical and empirical questions, it provides a coherent response to the increasing militarization of inter-state relations, increasing protectionism and inter-state rivalries and the growing age of state intervention in political, economic and social life. The study presents a critical analysis of US empire-building, the role of dirty money and political power, as opposed to technological change. It features a discussion of neo-mercantilism as a new mode of empire and examines the role of movements of unemployed and landless peasants in key Third World countries.

Contents

Imperialism and empire building in the 21st century; The US offensive in Latin America: Golpes, retreat and radicalization; Dirty money: the foundation of US growth and empire; The centrality of the state; The myth of the third scientific-technological revolution; Neomercantist empire in Latin-America: Bush, ALCA, and Plan Colombia; Peasant-based sociopolitical movements in Latin America; Brazil's rural landless workers movement: ten hypotheses on successful leadership; Unemployed workers movement in Argentina; Nongovernmental organizations in a conjuncture of conflict and war psychosis; On revolutionary politics.