Imperial Power And Popular Politics
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Imperial Power And Popular Politics
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Author : Rajnarayan Chandavarkar
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-06-11
Imperial Power And Popular Politics written by Rajnarayan Chandavarkar and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-11 with History categories.
In this series of interconnected essays, Rajnarayan Chandavarkar offers a powerful revisionist analysis of the relationship between class and politics in India between the Mutiny and Independence. Dr Chandavarkar rejects the 'Orientalist' view of Indian social and economic development as exceptional and somehow distinct from that prevailing in capitalist societies elsewhere, and reasserts the critical role of the working classes in shaping the pattern of Indian capitalist development. Sustained in argument and elegant in exposition, these essays represent a major contribution not only to the history of the Indian working classes, but to the history of industrial capitalism and colonialism as a whole. Imperial Power and Popular Politics will be essential reading for all scholars and students of recent political, economic, and social history, social theory, and cultural and colonial studies.--Publisher description.
Empire Versus Democracy
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Author : Carl Boggs
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-08-06
Empire Versus Democracy written by Carl Boggs and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-06 with Social Science categories.
In Empire Versus Democracy, Carl Boggs traces the authoritarian trajectory of American politics since World War II, with emphasis on the growing concentration of corporate and military power that has accompanied the United States assumption of leading superpower on the world scene. The rise of the U.S. as unchallenged imperial nation has meant the steady expansion of a permanent war economy and security state that, working in tandem with large business interests, has led to proliferation of American armed-forces bases around the world, recurrent military interventions, swollen government bureaucracy, massive public expenditures, heavy reliance on surveillance and secrecy, and diminished resources for social infrastructure and social programs. Boggs shows that, as in the case of the Roman and other previous empires, enlargement of U.S. imperial power has resulted in a decline of civic engagement and local participation along with skewed priorities favoring the war economy and security state. Inevitably, this has meant a weakening of electoral and legislative politics, overwhelmed by the centers of enormous wealth and power. The goal of this new, unique Series is to offer readable, teachable "thinking frames" on today’s social problems and social issues by leading scholars, all in short 60 page or shorter formats, and available for view on http://routledge.customgateway.com/routledge-social-issues.html For instructors teaching a wide range of courses in the social sciences, the Routledge Social Issues Collection now offers the best of both worlds: originally written short texts that provide "overviews" to important social issues as well as teachable excerpts from larger works previously published by Routledge and other presses.
Empires In World History
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Author : Jane Burbank
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Empires In World History written by Jane Burbank and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with History categories.
How empires have used diversity to shape the world order for more than two millennia Empires—vast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambition—have dominated the political landscape for more than two millennia. Empires in World History departs from conventional European and nation-centered perspectives to take a remarkable look at how empires relied on diversity to shape the global order. Beginning with ancient Rome and China and continuing across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa, Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper examine empires' conquests, rivalries, and strategies of domination—with an emphasis on how empires accommodated, created, and manipulated differences among populations. Burbank and Cooper examine Rome and China from the third century BCE, empires that sustained state power for centuries. They delve into the militant monotheism of Byzantium, the Islamic Caliphates, and the short-lived Carolingians, as well as the pragmatically tolerant rule of the Mongols and Ottomans, who combined religious protection with the politics of loyalty. Burbank and Cooper discuss the influence of empire on capitalism and popular sovereignty, the limitations and instability of Europe's colonial projects, Russia's repertoire of exploitation and differentiation, as well as the "empire of liberty"—devised by American revolutionaries and later extended across a continent and beyond. With its investigation into the relationship between diversity and imperial states, Empires in World History offers a fresh approach to understanding the impact of empires on the past and present.
Imperialism After The Neoliberal Turn
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Author : Efe Can Gürcan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-01-03
Imperialism After The Neoliberal Turn written by Efe Can Gürcan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-03 with Social Science categories.
This book explores how imperialism has been evolving in the neoliberal era, with the aim of providing a systematic and integrative understanding of the inner dynamics and vulnerabilities of the contemporary imperialist system. Asking how it has been possible to sustain an imperialist system that fails to address the problems of unemployment, declining standards of living and globalizing conflicts, the author draws upon theoretical and empirical contributions from the current literature to further recent efforts at re-conceptualizing imperialism under the conditions of neoliberal globalization and advances a critique of the school of transnationalism in global political economy. The author puts forward that contemporary imperialism rests on a triangular structure composed of (a) economic imperialism, which is driven by a neoliberal logic of maximizing monopoly profits at massive societal costs; (b) military imperialism, which is shaped by the neoliberal transformation of the US military-industrial complex with the rise of private armies, the globalization of narcocapitalism, and the weaponization of Islamist terrorism and ethno-religious divides; and (c) cultural imperialism, which is led by the media- and nonprofit-corporate complexes, having weaponized the media and civil society in manufacturing popular consent. The book’s arguments are also extended to the current challenges of imperialism embodied in the rise of the BRICS, post-hegemonic forms of regional cooperation, and global popular resistance. As such, it will appeal to scholars of politics and sociology with interests in globalization, imperialism, capitalism, and global power.
Asia In International Relations
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Author : Pinar Bilgin
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-02-01
Asia In International Relations written by Pinar Bilgin and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-01 with Political Science categories.
Asia in International Relations decolonizes conventional understandings and representations of Asia in International Relations (IR). This book opens by including all those geographical and cultural linkages that constitute Asia today but are generally ignored by mainstream IR. Covering the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, the Mediterranean, Iran, the Arab world, Ethiopia, and Central-Northeast-Southeast Asia, the volume draws on rich literatures to develop our understanding of power relations in the world’s largest continent. Contributors "de-colonize", "de-imperialize", and "de-Cold War" the region to articulate an alternative narrative about Asia, world politics, and IR. This approach reframes old problems in new ways with the possibility of transforming them, rather than recycling the same old approaches with the same old "intractable" outcomes.
Power And Politics In Late Imperial China
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Author : Stephen R. MacKinnon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Power And Politics In Late Imperial China written by Stephen R. MacKinnon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with History categories.
Imperial Politics In The 21st Century
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Author : James Petras
language : en
Publisher: Gyan Publications
Release Date : 2007
Imperial Politics In The 21st Century written by James Petras and has been published by Gyan Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Political Science categories.
This book about the contemporary history of direct and indirect US imperialist intervention in Asia. More specifically it focuses on the US military invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, US backing of Israel's invasion and colonial occupation of Palestine and Washington's support for the violent and repressive Macapagal regime in the Philippines. The killing Fields of Asia reflects on Washington's long history of neo-colonial wars against national liberation movements over the past 50 years. The historic record is gruesome in the extreme: Korea (1950-53)- 4 million civilians killed; Vietnam (1962-1975) nearly 5 million; Cambodia and Laos (1965-1975) close to 2 million; Iraq (2003 to present) over 650,000; Afghanistan (2001-present) scores of thousands; and many hundreds of thousands killed in counter-insurgency wars in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, East Timor and Elsewhere. The spread of the US empire is no based on free markets and democracy as its apologist claim, but on state violence and client collaborator regimes. Today the 'Killing Fields' are a direct result of the US 'War on Terror', a euphemism for wars of conquest and destruction. The motivating forces projecting war in the Middle East especially the invasion of Iraq and war threats against Iran are the civilian militarists and their allies among the 'Zionist Power Configuration'. In Latin America civilian militarists and multinational corporations seek to oust popular nationalist presidents like Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. In a word, state violence is the midwife of empire. The installation of puppet electoral regimes beholden to imperial need, as in the Philippines, has not and does not curtail the violent propensities of imperial imperatives: it just provides a superficial veneer of 'legitimacy' for international mass media consumption. This book argues that empire building in which the imperial state is intimately involved, not globalization based on open markers, is what defines the modern world. The principle point is that with and without electoral architecture, the defining features of contemporary Asia is the continuing struggle between US imperial power and its local clients and the popular peasant, Urban poor and workers movements on the other.
The Oxford Handbook Of Modern British Political History 1800 2000
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Author : David Brown
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-03-29
The Oxford Handbook Of Modern British Political History 1800 2000 written by David Brown and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-29 with History categories.
The two centuries after 1800 witnessed a series of sweeping changes in the way in which Britain was governed, the duties of the state, and its role in the wider world. Powerful processes - from the development of democracy, the changing nature of the social contract, war, and economic dislocation - have challenged, and at times threatened to overwhelm, both governors and governed. Such shifts have also presented challenges to the historians who have researched and written about Britain's past politics. This Handbook shows the ways in which political historians have responded to these challenges, providing a snapshot of a field which has long been at the forefront of conceptual and methodological innovation within historical studies. It comprises thirty-three thematic essays by leading and emerging scholars in the field. Collectively, these essays assess and rethink the nature of modern British political history itself and suggest avenues and questions for future research. The Oxford Handbook of Modern British Political History thus provides a unique resource for those who wish to understand Britain's political past and a thought-provoking 'long view' for those interested in current political challenges.
Carnal Knowledge And Imperial Power
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Author : Ann Laura Stoler
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2002
Carnal Knowledge And Imperial Power written by Ann Laura Stoler and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Looking at the way cultural competencies and sensibilities entered into the construction of race in the colonial context, this text proposes that 'cultural racism' in fact predates its postmodern discovery.
Empires
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Author : Michael Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-05
Empires written by Michael Doyle and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-05 with Political Science categories.
Although empires have shaped the political development of virtually all the states of the modern world, "imperialism" has not figured largely in the mainstream of scholarly literature. This book seeks to account for the imperial phenomenon and to establish its importance as a subject in the study of the theory of world politics. Michael Doyle believes that empires can best be defined as relationships of effective political control imposed by some political societies—those called metropoles—on other political societies—called peripheries. To build an explanation of the birth, life, and death of empires, he starts with an overview and critique of the leading theories of imperialism. Supplementing theoretical analysis with historical description, he considers episodes from the life cycles of empires from the classical and modern world, concentrating on the nineteenth-century scramble for Africa. He describes in detail the slow entanglement of the peripheral societies on the Nile and the Niger with metropolitan power, the survival of independent Ethiopia, Bismarck's manipulation of imperial diplomacy for European ends, the race for imperial possession in the 1880s, and the rapid setting of the imperial sun. Combining a sensitivity to historical detail with a judicious search for general patterns, Empires will engage the attention of social scientists in many disciplines.