{"product_id":"beyond-us-hegemony-assessing-the-prospects-for-a-multipolar-world-9781842777091","title":"Beyond US Hegemony: Assessing the Prospects for a Multipolar World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this major new work - the result of a lifetime of intellectual engagement - one of the developing world's most famous thinkers reflects on the times we live in. He argues that US hegemony has reached a dangerous new level under George Bush Jr, and that the US President's hubristic militarism will both lead to a never-ending cycle of wars and block all hopes of social and democratic progress, not just in developing countries, but in the North as well.  Samir Amin also rejects the highly ideological notion that the current form of neoliberal capitalism - 'really existing capitalism' in which imperialism is an integral and permanent part - is an inevitable future for humanity, or in fact socially or politically tolerable. At the same time, he is not opposed to globalization as such; indeed he believes the whole world today is irrevocably connected, and that solidarity in diversity is the key to the struggle for a better world.  In the body of the book, Amin provides a perspicacious analysis of tendencies within the rich countries - the US, Europe and Japan; the rising powers - China and India; the likely future trajectory of post-Soviet Russia; and the developing world. The central question he pursues is whether there are other hegemonic blocs that may emerge in time to circumscribe American power, and constrain free market capitalism and force it to adjust to demands other than its narrow central economic logic.  This important and thought-provoking book identifies the key global campaigns Samir feels progressives should launch around the world. 'Another world is possible.' But, he warns, the diverse citizens' movements loosely gathered together in the World Social Forum must bite the political bullet and recognise that they can only transform the world if they seek political power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'...is assuredly not lacking in ambition. This would only be a beginning however.'   Frank Lee, Chartist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing clear about the nature of capitalism and imperialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs there a desirable form of globalization?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. The Triad - America, Europe and Japan: united or fragmented?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe project of the American ruling class: extension of the Monroe Doctrine to the rest of the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe shifting sands of the European project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe clash of political cultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd Japan?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Does the rise of China challenge the imperialist order?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChina's rise: revolution or opening to the world?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarket socialism: transition, or short-cut to capitalism?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo, what is to be done?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn uncertain future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Russia out of the tunnel?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasic characteristics of the Soviet system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew forms of capitalism in Russia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs there a worthwhile alternative in Russia today?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. India, a great power?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe colonial inheritance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuccess and limitations of the populist national project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe liberal and culturalist drift\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe long and difficult march of alternative globalization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Can solidarity be rebuilt among the countries of the South?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA critical balance-sheet of the 'Bandung era' (1955-1975)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe roots of Africa's exclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs South Africa the weak link in the system?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan the slide of the Arab world be reversed?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatin America and the Caribbean in a tricontinental perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe East as a new South?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new basis for solidarity among the peoples of the South\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Reform of the UN as part of a multipolar globalization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManaging national sovereignty within the UN framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA balance-sheet of UN activity between 1945 and 1980\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConflict and overlap between economic and political management\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe empire of chaos: sovereignty, social justice and development go by the board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe alternative: constructing social justice, international justice and a new popular sovereignty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProposals for a renaissance of the UN\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA plan for action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe difficulties of constructing a multipolar world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan Washington's military project be thwarted?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThinking long-term\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour conditions to be satisfied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe great strength of the global 'movement'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1: Multipolarity in the twentieth century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe drama of the great revolutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe weight of imperialism, the permanent stagte of the global expansion of capitalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefence of the post-revolutionary states central to the vanguard's strategic choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNation-building and\/or socialist construction in the radical countries of the periphery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpening debate on the long transition to world socialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2: Further reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771535753559,"sku":"9781842777091","price":28.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781842777091.jpg?v=1758728193","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-us-hegemony-assessing-the-prospects-for-a-multipolar-world-9781842777091","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}