| Global Governance in Question: Empire, Class and the New Common Sense in Managing North-South Relations Contributor(s): Soederberg, Susanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745320708 ISBN-13: 9780745320700 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Introduction to global governance -- a key aspect of globalisation studies -- presenting a critical approach. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 337 |
| LCCN: 2006278118 |
| Series: Critical Introductions to World Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.34" W x 8.78" (0.79 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Like many buzzwords, 'global governance' is as poorly understood as it is popular. In contrast to most mainstream accounts, this book examines global economic governance as an integral moment of contemporary capitalism -- presenting a critical insight into its real nature and the interests that it serves. This book begins by asking what has not been discussed in the mainstream debates and why. Drawing on a Marxist perspective, Soederberg explores neglected issues including transnational debt and the increasingly coercive nature of US aid to so-called 'failed states'. Soederberg argues that mainstream understandings fail to engage with the wider contradictions that characterise global capitalism. In consequence, there is no explanation of the changing nature of American empire and capitalist power in the world. Furthermore, Soederberg argues that global governance acts to normalise and legitimise increasingly austere forms of capitalist expansion, which may be regarded as a deepening and broadening of neoliberalism. |
