A History of World Order and Resistance : The Making and Unmaking of Global Subjects
Andre C. Drainville
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Medvirkende | Drainville, Andrâe C. (Author)
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (217 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - A HISTORY OF WORLD ORDER AND RESISTANCE The making and unmaking of global subjects; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures; Foreword by Jai Sen; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'We' has been there before; Where is everywhere? The world economy as terrains of struggle; Who might 'We' be in the world economy?; Conclusion; Outline; 1 Before us: unrelational, immaterial, notions of global power and counter-power; Transnational elites making a world in their image; Global and immanent 'We'; Conclusion; 2 Towards a proper theory of global presence: three concepts to begin understanding who 'We' is. - ConceptsSocial and economic formation; Articulation; Hegemony; Global subjects and modes of relation to the world economy; Conclusion; 3 Global neighbourhoods and plantations: the long nineteenth century between Toussaint L'Ouverture and the First World War; In the nineteenth century: two modes of relation to the world economy; Creative dislocation; Dialectics of presence; Conclusion; 4 Sites unseen and whole countries: from the end of the First World War to the crisis of the Bretton Woods world order; In the twentieth century: two modes or relations to the world economy; Creative dislocation. - Dialectics of presenceConclusion; 5 Everywhere?: the present juncture; In the age of neo-liberal globalization, two modes of relation to the world economy; Creative dislocation; Dialectics of presence; Conclusion; Conclusion: what is 'We' to do?; The rise of political reasonableness; The impolitics of presence; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - This book combines theory with history to?look into a dozen episodes of struggle?over the concrete and?situated terms of world ordering, and?it finds reasons to think that the contemporary 'movement of movements' against neo-liberal globalization has deeper roots and a broader history than is usually recognized.?Informed by case studies from the US, the UK, France, South Africa, Algeria, the Philippines and Jamaica, A History of World Order and Resistance examines how?men and women?are sometimes subjectified by world ordering, and how they?sometimes?make themselves true subjects of
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| Emner | International economic relations
Anti-globalization movement. Geschichte. Globalization. Vis mer... International economic relations -- Social aspects.
International Relations Law, Politics & Government verdensorden globalisering internasjonale relasjoner |
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| ISBN | 9780415689021. - 9780415689038
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