Geopolitical Economy
Author | : Radhika Desai |
Publisher | : Pluto Press (UK) |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 1552665623 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781552665626 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Geopolitical Economy traces the historical evolution of today's multi- polar world, as it emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis. Radhika Desai offers a radical critique of the theories of U.S. hegemony, globalization and empire which dominate academic international political economy and international relations, revealing their ideological origins in successive failed US attempts at dominance.Desai recovers and revitalizes notions of national self-determination and popular dissent, drawing on revolutionary intellectual traditions that understand the world order as formed by 'the relations of producing nations'. At a time of global upheavals and profound shifts in the distribution of power, Geopolitical Economy forges a vivid and compelling account of the historical processes that are shaping the contemporary international order."