Postimperialism and World Politics

Postimperialism is a theory of political and social change inspired by the explosive growth of transnational corporate enterprise during the latter 20th century. Its foundations are derived from two primary sources: political theories of the modern business corporation and class-analytical theories of society. However, the postimperialist theory of class formation is predicated on power relations, a departure from conventional class analysis that renders the theory applicable universally to countries at different stages of economic development. Postimperialist thinkers contend that the formation of a global bourgeoisie, resulting from transnational class coalescence, coincide with the evolution of institutions and public policies that are compatible with socialist as well as capitalist principles. This book provides theoretical contributions to postimperialist theory as well as case studies of both individual countries (Britain, Cuba, the United States) and regions of the world (Africa, postcommunist Europe). It also contains historical analyses of the origins of postimperialist thought in Mexico and the United States. Topics considered include the transfer of cultural and ideological values, multilateral legal responses to transnational oligopolies, the problems of predatory corporate behaviour and perceived neoimperial threats, working-class responses to the challenges of transnational enterprise, the effects of resistance to market-based economic reforms, opposition to imperial spheres of influence, and postimperialism's contributions to theories of international politics.

ISBN 0275966135   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780275966133 (What's this?)   Pages 360 Publisher ABC-CLIO   Volumes 1 Imprint Greenwood Press   Weight (grammes) 789 Format Hardback   Published in Westport Publication date 30 Jul 1999   Height (mm) 235 Writer of foreword Gerard Chaliand   Width (mm) 155 Library of Congress HD2755   Spine width (mm) 35 DEWEY 327   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Foreword by Gerard Chaliand
		Introduction by David G. Becker and Richard L. Sklar		1
1		Postimperialism: Concepts and Implications by Richard L. Sklar		11
2		Postimperialism and Realism in Theories of International Relations by David G. Becker		37
3		Mergers, Markets, and the Transformation of International Law by Scott R. Bowman		75
4		The Production of Culture in the Postimperialist Era: The World Versus Hollywood? by Harvey B. Feigenbaum		105
5		Economic Globalization and Political Action: The Working Class in Industrialized Democracies by Frank Myers		125
6		Is History Repeating Itself? The Political Economy of Eastern Europe in the Interwar and Postcommunist Eras by Jeffrey S. Kopstein and Stephen E. Hanson		145
7		Postimperialism Postponed: Foreign Investment and Political Change in Cuba by Jonathan Rosenberg		169
8		The Managerial Bourgeoisie: Capital Accumulation, Development, and Democracy by John J. Quinn		219
9		From Imperialism to Postimperialism: An Early Mexican Response to Transnational Capitalism by Arturo Grunstein		253
10		The Mexican Revolution as a Province of Postimperialism by Keith A. Haynes		283
11		The Open Door, Imperialism, and Postimperialism: Origins of U. S. Twentieth-Century Foreign Relations, Circa 1900 by Martin J. Sklar		317
12		Postimperialism: An Annual Report by David G. Becker		337
		Bibliography		355
		Index		381
		About the Editors and Contributors		395

?The audience for the book should consist largely of graduate students and scholars in international relations. The book may also interest political theorists intrigued by the morphing of the analytical categories of the Left into the dialogue of burgeoning international capitalism and technology.?-Perspectives on Political Science

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