Beyond US hegemony? : assessing the prospects for a multipolar world /: assessing the prospects for a multipolar world. ([2008?])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Beyond United States hegemony
• Uniform Title: Pour un monde multipolaire.
• Further Information: Note: Samir Amin ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
• Other Names: Amin, Samir
• Contents: Introduction Being clear about the nature of capitalism and imperialism Is there a desirable form of globalization? 1. The Triad - America, Europe and Japan: united or fragmented? The project of the American ruling class: extension of the Monroe Doctrine to the rest of the world The shifting sands of the European project The clash of political cultures And Japan? 2. Does the rise of China challenge the imperialist order? China's rise: revolution or opening to the world? Market socialism: transition, or short-cut to capitalism? So, what is to be done? An uncertain future 3. Russia out of the tunnel? Basic characteristics of the Soviet system New forms of capitalism in Russia Is there a worthwhile alternative in Russia today? 4. India, a great power? The colonial inheritance Success and limitations of the populist national project The liberal and culturalist drift The long and difficult march of alternative globalization 5. Can solidarity be rebuilt among the countries of the South? A critical balance-sheet of the 'Bandung era' (1955-1975) The roots of Africa's exclusion Is South Africa the weak link in the system? Can the slide of the Arab world be reversed? Latin America and the Caribbean in a tricontinental perspective The East as a new South? A new basis for solidarity among the peoples of the South 6. Reform of the UN as part of a multipolar globalization Managing national sovereignty within the UN framework A balance-sheet of UN activity between 1945 and 1980 Conflict and overlap between economic and political management The empire of chaos: sovereignty, social justice and development go by the board The alternative: constructing social justice, international justice and a new popular sovereignty Proposals for a renaissance of the UN A plan for action 7. Conclusions The difficulties of constructing a multipolar world Can Washington's military project be thwarted? Thinking long-term Four conditions to be satisfied The great strength of the global 'movement' Appendix 1: Multipolarity in the twentieth century The drama of the great revolutions The weight of imperialism, the permanent stagte of the global expansion of capitalism Defence of the post-revolutionary states central to the vanguard's strategic choices Nation-building and/or socialist construction in the radical countries of the periphery Opening debate on the long transition to world socialism Appendix 2: Further reading Index
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (191 pages)
• Subjects: 327.112; Balance of power; Geopolitics; Free enterprise; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization; Balance of power; Free enterprise; Geopolitics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848130883; 1848130880
• Related ISBNs: 9789953140810; 9953140812; 9789832535775; 9832535778; 9781869140830; 1869140834; 9781842777084; 1842777084; 9781842777091; 1842777092
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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