Globalism Market Ideology Meets Terrorism |
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| Author:
| Steger, Manfred B. |
| Series title: | Globalization Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7425-3090-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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The new edition of Globalism picks up where the first edition left off_sandwiched between the G-8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11. As global challengers moved from peaceful protest to more violent confrontation, the market ideology of the dominant Western perspective transformed into what Steger terms an _imperial globalism_ led by the United States. With the birth of this new global imperialism came a more militaristic and openly coercive version of the...
More DescriptionThe new edition of Globalism picks up where the first edition left off_sandwiched between the G-8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, and the terrorist attacks of 9/11. As global challengers moved from peaceful protest to more violent confrontation, the market ideology of the dominant Western perspective transformed into what Steger terms an _imperial globalism_ led by the United States. With the birth of this new global imperialism came a more militaristic and openly coercive version of the economic globalism of the 1990s, as exemplified by the ongoing global War on Terror.