Description
Book SynopsisA critical, Marxist introduction to global governance
Trade Review'[An] acute and revealing examination of the economic difficulties facing the American empire. This book is essential reading for those who want to know why the poor get poorer while the rich talk endlessly, and what we can do to initiate real social change' -- Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz
'Indispensable for students of International Polical Economy and a must for political activists geared toward internationally oriented forms of social transformations' -- Professor Elmar Altvater, Department of Political Science, Free University, Berlin
'Well researched and engaging to read, this book will be of great interest to scholars, students and the concerned public' -- William I. Robinson, University of California-Santa Barbara
'Breaks new ground in disclosing the cumulative processes by which empire is represented and managed' -- Philip McMichael, Professor and Chair of Development Sociology at Cornell University
Table of ContentsSeries Introduction
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
Tables
1. Global Governance in Question
2. Common Sense Assumptions: Toward an Historical Materialist Critique of Global Governance
3. Global Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
4. Global Governance and Transnational Debt
5. Global Governance and Development Aid
6. Beyond the Common Sense of Global Governance: New Research and Political Directions
References
Index
