A01=Samir Amin
American imperialism
Author_Samir Amin
capitalism
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CIA
communitarianism
economic development
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global south
globalization
liberalism
market deregulation
Neoliberalism
popular classes
Transnational organisations
US global policeman
World Trade Organization
Product details
- ISBN 9780745323596
- Weight: 153g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 20 Sep 2004
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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America's ongoing project to dominate the world through military force has its roots in European liberalism, but has developed certain features of liberal ideology in a new and uniquely dangerous way.
Where European political culture since the French Revolution has given a central place to values of equality, the American state has developed to serve the interests of capital alone, and is now exporting this model throughout the world. American Imperialism, Amin argues, will be far more barbaric than earlier forms of imperialism, pillaging natural resources and destroying the lives of the poor.
In a panoramic overview, Amin examines the objectives and outcomes of American policy in the different regions of the world. He concludes by outlining the challenges faced by those resisting the American project today: redefining European liberalism on the basis of a new compromise between capital and labour, re-establishing solidarity among the people of the South, and reconstructing an internationalism that serves the interests of regions that are currently divided against each other.
Where European political culture since the French Revolution has given a central place to values of equality, the American state has developed to serve the interests of capital alone, and is now exporting this model throughout the world. American Imperialism, Amin argues, will be far more barbaric than earlier forms of imperialism, pillaging natural resources and destroying the lives of the poor.
In a panoramic overview, Amin examines the objectives and outcomes of American policy in the different regions of the world. He concludes by outlining the challenges faced by those resisting the American project today: redefining European liberalism on the basis of a new compromise between capital and labour, re-establishing solidarity among the people of the South, and reconstructing an internationalism that serves the interests of regions that are currently divided against each other.
Samir Amin was director of the Third World Forum, based in Senegal, and Chair of the World Forum for Alternatives. His numerous books include The Implosion of Capitalism (Pluto, 2013) Accumulation on a World Scale (Monthly Review Press, 2008) and The Liberal Virus (Pluto, 2004).
