The Politics of Empire

The Politics of Empire
Globalisation in Crisis
Edited by Alan Freeman and Boris Kagarlitsky
Pluto Press / TNI, August 2004
ISBN 0 7453 2183 6

Bringing together nine leading writers and activists from around the world, this book explores the origins of a new age of Empire.

The contributors show globalisation is the driving force behind the new and warlike period that began with the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Writers including Walden Bello, Jayati Gosh, Kate Hudson, Boris Kagarlitsky and Alan Freeman offer a wealth of factual evidence showing that globalisation has driven apart peoples, classes and nations, shaping and reshaping key regions of the world. Challenging the idea that it is inevitable, they argue that its economic contradictions have thrown the world order that sustained it into crisis.

Globalisation's opponents are shaping a new intellectual tradition. For the first time, the book brings together critiques thrown up by resistance to globalisation, to war, and to imperialism. Free from ideology and dogma, the book shows how the peace and anti-globalisation movements can join forces and face the coming period of world history.

Essential reading for anyone involved in the peace and anti-globalisation movements, this book is also ideal for students of politics, economics and international relations.

"One of neo-liberalism's greatest crimes is to downgrade the history of ideas. This book digs deep into history and, in a timely way, celebrates an intellectual but practical approach to the social, economic and environmental threats posed by globalisation"
Ann Pettifor, Senior Associate, New Economics Foundation and editor, Real World Economic Outlook

Contents

• introduction: World Empire - or a World of Empires
  Alan Freeman and Boris Kagarlitsky
• The Inequality of Nations
  Alan Freeman
• The Crisis of the Globalist Project and the New Economics of George W. Bush
  Walden Bello and Marilou Malig
• Imperialist Globalisation and the Political Economy of South Asia
  Jayati Ghosh
• Globalisation and the New World Order: The New Dynamics of Imperialism and War
  Sungur Savran
• The Crisis of Global Capitalism: How it Looks from Latin America
  Bill Robinson
• Facing Global Apartheid
  Patrick Bond
• Unity, Diversity and International Co-operation: The US War Drive and the Anti-War Movement
  Kate Hudson
• From Global Crisis to Neo-imperialism: The Case for a Radical Alternative
  Boris Kagarlitsky