Rethinking imperialism / by Ray Kiely.
"Imperialism has become a key focus of debate about world politics in the post-9/11 world. This major new text provides a systematic reappraisal of the evolution of the phenomenon and the concept from the 19th century as the basis for a reassessment of Globalization and US hegemony in the world...
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Imperialism : what's in a name?
- Early capitalism and mercantile imperialism
- Liberal imperialism and capitalist expansion
- Classical imperialism, 1882-1945
- The Cold War, post-war boom and new theories of imperialism
- Neo-imperialism, globalization and geo-politics in the post-Cold War world
- The political economy of neo-liberal imperialism
- Liberalism and "humanitarian imperialism"
- The end of US hegemony : contemporary hegemonic challenge and world economic crisis
- Imperialism and anti-imperialism today.