Power, Powerlessness, and Globalization : Contemporary Politics in the Global South /

This book examines the historical forces that have shaped contemporary politics in the Global South, drawing from events in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. It provides insights on internal political processes and the international system and contributes an elemental theory of political development.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Agyeman, Opoku, 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
Temas:
Since 1989
Globalization > Political aspects > Developing countries.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
World politics > 1989-
Politique mondiale > 1989-
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Globalization > Economic aspects
Globalization > Political aspects
International economic relations
Diplomatic relations
World politics
Developing countries > Foreign relations.
Developing countries > Foreign economic relations.
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : power versus powerlessness
  • Asia : a bifurcated empowerment
  • Latin America : from "backwater" of the US to an emerging Bolivarian counterforce
  • Powerlessness and slavocracy
  • Realism, liberalism, and the intractable case of western farm subsidies
  • The improbable banana conflict of the 1990s between the US and the EU, its repercussions for weak countries, and the WTO's role in it.

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