{"product_id":"european-bloc-imperialism-studies-in-critical-social-sciences-volume-23-9781608462049","title":"European Bloc Imperialism: Studies in Critical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecent debates on imperialism have focused on the means by which Euro-American capital is spread around the globe. The Economic Partnership Agreements being foisted on the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries by the European Union, however, has been under the radar. European Bloc Imperialism plays a vital role in filling that void by bringing into focus the economic partnership agreement as a conduit of European imperialism. By respected Professor of Sociology Dennis C. Canterbury, this is a bold examination of the reality of modern international trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Outline of European Bloc Imperialism Problematic and Method European Trade and Theories of Imperialism Ten Theses on the Characteristic Features of European Bloc Imperialism Structure of Arguments   Chapter 2: Hemispheric Settings for European Bloc Imperialism Transition from Colonialism to New American Century Doctrine Authoritarianism in the Service of Imperialism  Conclusion  Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Two Imperialist Regimes Structural Adjustment and Economic Partnership Agreement The “Global Europe” Doctrine Global Europe Versus US-Led Globalization  Chapter 4: The Rise of European and ACP Blocs and US Hegemony Some Theoretical Considerations\t The EU Comes to Fruition The ACP Group of States US Hegemony Over the European Union Conclusion  Chapter 5: The Emergence of European Bloc Imperialism European Bloc Imperialist Backlash to the Banana Trade War  The CARIFORUM-EU EPA European Bloc Imperialist Stranglehold  Pushback against European Bloc Imperialism  Conclusion  Chapter 6: The Theoretical Foundations of European Bloc Imperialism  The Theoretical Lineage of the EPAs Neoliberal Theoretical Foundation of EPAs  Neoliberalism in the Caribbean  The Prospects of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA  Conclusion: Weaknesses of Neoliberal Theory   Chapter 7: The CARIFORUM-EU EPA and Development Theory False Origins of Development Theory  Prevailing Ideas on Caribbean Development Deepening Euro-American Domination  CARIFORUM-EU EPA as a Development Strategy Alternative Development Visions to the CARIFORUM-EU EPA   Chapter 8: The Critics of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA  European Bloc Imperialism Defines Civil Society Reformist Views from Caribbean Civil Society Views from the Public Sector  Critique by Prominent Caribbean Academics  Conclusion: Critique of the Critics   Chapter 9: Caribbean EPA Negotiators In the Bosom of EU Bloc Imperialism The Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery The CRNM’s Strategy against Its Critics The CRNM in Denial of EU Pressure and Defends the EPA  The CRNM’s ‘Facts’ versus Its Critics’ ‘Fiction” on the EPA  Singing in the CRNM’s Chorus In Further Defence of the EPA The CRNM’s Approach to the EPA Negotiations  Message of Appreciation from the CRNM Principal Negotiator Conclusion: Requiem for the CRNM or Reigning in the Putsch   Chapter 10: The EPA and the Food and Fuel Crises Caribbean Agriculture: Central Issues and Neoliberal Views  Food Security Crisis and the Caribbean Agricultural Trade Concerns of Small States Policies to Reverse Food Security Crisis  The Fuel Crisis and Petrocaribe   Chapter 11: The Global Financial and Economic Crises and the EU-EPAs State Protection for the Powerful, Free Market for the Poor  Financial Crisis Detonates Europe in Crisis: The State to the Rescue  Worker-Layoffs and Social Unrest The Efficient State and Inefficient Market: A False Debate  The G-20 and IMF State Interventionist Prescriptions   Chapter 12: The Caribbean in the Global Financial and Economic Crises Assessing the Impacts of the Crises on the Caribbean  The Stanford Financial and CL Financial Groups Policy Options for the Caribbean Region  Alternatives to Proffered Policy Options  Chapter 13: European Bloc Imperialism, Governance and Sustainable Development Governance – Outline of An Imperialist Concept Critique of Governance and Good Governance European Bloc Imperialist Development Vision  Problems with EU Development Vision The EU’s Sustainable Development Strategy Sustainable Development as Alternative Development Theory Further Critique of Neoliberal Sustainable Development EPA: Sustainable Development or European Bloc Imperialism  Conclusion: Linking Good Governance and Sustainable Development  Bibliography Index","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359713362263,"sku":"9781608462049","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781608462049.jpg?v=1754125488","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/european-bloc-imperialism-studies-in-critical-social-sciences-volume-23-9781608462049","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}