Imperialism after the Neoliberal Turn

This book explores how imperialism has been evolving in the neoliberal era, with the aim of providing a systematic and integrative understanding of the inner dynamics and vulnerabilities of the contemporary imperialist system.

Auteur

Efe Can Gürcan is the Vice Dean of Research and Development for the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences at Istinye University, Turkey. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Belt and Road Studies at Istinye University and Research Associate at the University of Manitoba's Geopolitical Economy Research Group. His publications include four books as well as more than 30 articles and book chapters on international development, international conflict and cooperation, and political sociology, with a geographical focus on Latin America and Eurasia. He is author of Multipolarization, South-South Cooperation and the Rise of Post-Hegemonic Governance and co-author of Neoliberalism and the Changing Face of Unionism: The Combined and Uneven Development of Class Capacities in Turkey, Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey's Gezi Park: From Private Discontent to Collective Class Action, and COVID-19 and the Future of Capitalism: Postcapitalist Horizons Beyond Neoliberalism.

Contenu

Introduction

1. Imperialism: A Literature Review

2. Economic Imperialism in the Neoliberal Era

3. Imperialism and the Transformation of the Military-Industrial Complex Under Neoliberalism

4. Cultural Imperialism and the Media-Industrial Complex

5. Cultural Imperialism and the Nonprofit-Corporate Complex

6. The Subimperialism Thesis and the BRICS

7. Extractivism and the Latin American Left: The Limits of Anti-Imperialist Discourses

8. "Post-Hegemonic Multipolarity" in Eurasia: Whither the Imperialist System?

Conclusion