| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Series |
The future of world capitalism
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Future of world capitalism.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication page; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: why geopolitical economy?; Getting to geopolitical economy; Why geopolitical economy matters politically; The plan of the book; 2 The materiality of nations; The liberal nineteenth century?; Free trade and protection in classical political economy; Imperialism in the mirror of revolution; The thirty years' crisis; 3 The US imperial career; Imperial republic; Thwarted new imperialism; Imperial mimesis; Dominance through destruction; The United States is willing. |
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Second war, second chanceBretton Woods: dominance over internationalism; 4 Ambition and realities; From world war to cold war; Convertibility and the Triffin dilemma; The confidence game; The Camelot economy; Mounting difficulties; The international financial intermediation hypothesis (IFIH); Special drawing rights (SDRs): a foiled Plan B; The dollar in the last ditch; 5 The retrospection of hegemony stability theory; Varieties of HST; From declinism to renewalism; Cosmopolitan Marxism; Brenner's geopolitical economy of postwar capitalism; 6 Renewal?; Nixon's insouciance? |
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Carter's cooperationReagan's restoration?; The dispensable nation at the end of history; 7 Globalization?; Clinton's choices; From Reichian globalization to Stiglitzian globalization; Centrifugal finance; Centripetal finance; The geopolitical economy of globalization; 8 Empire?; The imperial economy; The bubble of militarist hubris; The real estate bubble: second time as farce?; The housing bubble gets into its stride; The sub-prime phase; Descent into crisis; Obama's change; 9 Conclusion: The multipolar moment; The life and strange afterlife of single-power dominance; The multipolar future. |
| Summary |
Radically reinterprets the historical evolution of the world order, as a multi-polar world emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Geopolitics -- United States -- Forecasting.
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Geopolitics. |
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United States. |
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Forecasting. |
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World politics -- 21st century -- Forecasting.
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Hegemony -- United States -- History.
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Hegemony. |
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History. |
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Globalization -- Forecasts.
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Globalization. |
| Genre/Form |
Forecasts.
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Desai, Radhika, 1963- Geopolitical economy. London : Pluto Press, 2013 (DLC) 2013376732 |
| ISBN |
9781849648394 (electronic book) |
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1849648395 (electronic book) |
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0745329926 |
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9780745329925 |
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9781849648417 (kindle e-book) |
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1849648417 (kindle e-book) |
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9780745329925 |
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9781552665626 |
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9780745329932 |
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9781849649394 (pdf) |
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1849648409 |
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9781849648400 |
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