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The fall of the US Empire : global fault-lines and the shifting imperial order /
Looks at the debates amongst critical theorists about the decline of US power.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Box: a definition of global fault-lines; 1. Global fault-lines; Preliminary observations; Beyond conventional wisdom; Marxisant discourses on the financial crisis; The tragedy of globalization: the end of the 'Long Twentieth Century'?; 2. From Bretton Woodsto the abyss ofglobalization, 1944-71; Background to Bretton Woods; The US empire-state responds to the Great Slump; Determinants of the rise and fall of the 'Golden Age'; 3. The failure of financial statecraft (1), 1971-91; A note on Ernest Mandel.
- Business strategies dealing with stagflationAn unstable 'petrodollar'/'weapon-dollar' regime; 4. The failure of financial statecraft (2), 1991-2011; Towards a periodization of imperial orders; The explosion of financialization and how it undermined growth; The internationalization of the US Treasury; The implosion of financialization and the case of the United Kingdom; 5. The power shift to the global East; Issues between the United States and China; The growth of emerging economies; Control over resources; The growing consumer classes; Brazil's experience.
- Projected results of the shift in economic powerAnalysis and interpretation; 6. Resource depletion and environmental degradation; Oil; Oil scarcity and its impact; The environment in crisis; Responses to environmental challenges; Conclusion; Summing up the argument; Prospects for the future; Notes; References; Websites; Index.