World Empire - or a world of Empires?

Freeman, Alan and Kagarlitsky, Boris (2004): World Empire - or a world of Empires? Published in: Freeman, A, and Boris Kagarlitsky (eds) (2004) The Politics of Empire: Globalisation in crisis. London: Pluto Press. ISBN: 0 74532 183 6. No. 2004 (2004)

Abstract

This article comprises our introduction to the book The Politics of Empire: Globalization in Crisis (Freeman and Kagarlitsky 2004) which we wrote jointly to introduce the articles in that volume, was the outcome of a seminar called in 2002 by the Transnational Institute to assess responses to ‘globalization’. Alan Freeman has added a foreword to introduce the article to modern readers, for which he bears sole responsibility, including for any errors it introduces.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Divergence; stagnation; World Economy; Kondratieff; Development; Europe; US; value; price; TSSI; temporalism; profit rate; polarisation; inequality; globalisation; deregulation; imperialism; World Systems Theory; unequal exchange; dependency; North-South
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B5 - Current Heterodox Approaches > B50 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General > B00 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O10 - General

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